I knew him as Ron "the Blade" ( for the same reason ) . Once addressed as Captain xxxxxx, with a soft G, as was normal for that name, he barked "it's a hard G, for a hard man." but I recall hearing of an event, details forgotten now, when he stood up for his cabin crew who were being shafted by the local staff, and won the day on their behalf. No problem, he was reported as saying, "they were MY crew "
Met 'Capt. G******' in the early seventies at a crew hotel in the Middle East, . I was billeted in the hotel for nine months awaiting company accommodation. Often socialised with the crew and found that most of the FOs, whilst acknowledging he could be a martinet at times, liked flying with him as he was most generous giving away flying to the co-pilots. Me not being BA found that he was often quite amused at his own reputation!