Rank recognition
Topcliffe, early 80's. RAF training Royal Navy to fly on an Army Base.
RAF Flt Sgt B***e stood in the middle of the Bulldog line watching the see off's.
Enter Army major (with obligatory dog), being rather unsure of where to go, the Major calls to the Flt Sgt.
Maj: "Staff Sergeant."
Flt Sgt ignores the Major.
Maj: calls again (but louder) "Staff Sergeant, Staff Sergeant"
Flt Sgt ignores the Major.
At this point the Major takes his life (and his dog's life) in his hands and marches across the apron, dodges between the taxying Bulldogs and collars the Flt Sgt.
Maj: "Staff Sergeant, did you not hear me calling you?
Flt Sgt: "Oh, I'm sorry sir, but I'm a Flight Sergeant, not a Staff Sergeant"
Maj: "If you were in this Regiment, you would be a Staff Sergeant"
At this, Flt Sgt B***e responded
"No Sir, if I was in your Regiment, I would be a lieutenant Colonel"