Reminds me of an old nemessis of mine in deepest darkest. He was a Colonel (national airforce) retd. He used to insist that he be introduced on the pa as Colonel Captain. He Was a subordinate on my fleet. When i signed an acn specifically to address his bullish behaviour toward cabin crew , I did so as LCPL retd. That got him really mad. However it wasnt until he signed one of his own memos RETD and someone put in brackets RETARDED, that the sh1t hit the fan. Nearly cost a few vanillas their work permits, but worth it. What a kn0b.
Once also flew my old troopy on a flight. He spent the whole flight talking to the f/o about staff college. I read a book.Okay ya, super.
It was the army's loss not mine.
Ps would have made sergeant but got busted three times.
Bottom line its not the rank its the quality of person that counts. The Mil is an enviroment where obedience is contracted not voluntary, so the managers have no real world yardstick of their abiilities until leaving. And so it goes....