Quick comments to add to the pot:
I would always say about my fixed wing brethren (specifically in a party with lots of women around) that the FWers are more like General Practitioners whereas the helicopter pilots are Specialists.The FW guys would typically come back with "there are chopper pilots and then there are proper pilots". The last word would always be mine as I would misquote from the movie 'Flight of the Intruder': Fighter pilots make movies ,helicopter pilots make history.
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P.S. I agree with the comment about avoiding the 'how fast backwards' comment with the Harrier crowd. There was even a video somewhere with a Lynx nose to nose with a Harrier flying backwards.