I was about to make essentially the same comment as Chris. To my knowledge, on BA it's the same as Virgin: two stripes for FO and three for senior first officer (i.e. one with the full ATPL but who isn't captain - typically one who hasn't yet made it to the top of the seniority ladder to get a command position). I suspect this is a British tradition.

I've never come across a single-stripe, except for that one time a friend managed to be in the right place holding the right licence at the right time and effectively got to ride right-seat to make up the paperwork for a flight (I forget on what aircraft; it wasn't heavy).

There is at least one uniform supplier who offers a joke five-stripe epaulette :-)

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