Agree with most of your argument South Bound, except for the last bit about those not worth their salt, I have seen certain officers give more respect to a Macr as opposed to a FS, and to a FS more than a Sgt. Overall the crews we work with embrace CRM and work well withing the crew enviroment, however there are still plenty of the, "no stick no vote" and "rank conscious on the Aircraft" types around, and will i think be around fo a long time to come. So i do believe that to be a SNCO on the Aircraft as part of the crew is an advantage and long should it stay that way.