Ahhhh, would have bought the credibility with the punters argument, not so sure about the credibility within the crew argument. Didn't they invent special leadership classes for that sort of thing? CRM... Anyone worth their salt will listen to a member of their crew no matter what their rank, anyone not worth their salt is unlikely to give more credibility to a 20 year old A/sgt than he is a a 20 year old A/cpl....