I very rarely contribute these days but the Royal Marine post was top - banter like that is sorely missing from Pprune these days!! Having been through the earlier joint pilot's course at Barkston and Shawbury with both Crabs and Fishheads I certainly didn't see any snobbery and when I bump into some of them in various places around the world they and their peers are mostly down to earth, good blokes - as were the C130 crew who flew us back from the sandy place last year - all first name terms and very grown up!!