As a self confessed dweller near the bottom of the pond (quite happy thanks) I have experienced much of this elitism.
Every trade & Branch looks upon the rest as not good enough. It is banter & there are many things we don't understand of each others work, so we banter. There are these differences because different jobs require different skills/attitudes/aptitudes. You get the 'top down' view here because it is largely an aircrew forum. Us scum are here as interested parties who seek knowledge and a damn good banter. I think there are put-downs for pretty much every Branch & Trade. My fave from a Ginger Beer brother:
'You can train a monkey to ride a bike, but you'll never train him to fix it!'
I understand much of the aircrew superiority - seriously! I'd probably have a different view of the world if someone paid me to strap twenty million quids worth of the biggest boy's toy to my ar$e and go punch holes in the sky, only to land, throw the keys to a bloke, tell him what needs tweaking and head for tea & medals! Glib but makes for a different view on things.
They may look down on me, but they'll never find me looking up at them.
