Fade to Grey - thanks old chap for those sentiments - can't wait till those pre-season friendlies in August.
Obviously a certain degree of irony and self-deprecation has gone over the heads of some of the youngsters - don't take yourselves so seriously, there are enough bloody ego's in this industry already ! Fact is that the vast majority of new troops are just fine, they are eager to learn and are a credit to their training - there are however a few.............need I say more ? My trips are ALWAYS split 50/50 with choice 95% of the time offered to the F/O - arrangement works just fine