re the "glorified bus driver" comment,
it will almost certainly be mentioned to you if you work around Aberfreeze.
It comes from the oilfield / Scottish way of not being seen to take people too seriously lest they start to believe it themselves.
You are held in high esteem by the bears (who would probably rather cut off a finger than let on in front of you that they think that way) who will /do listen to you.
I really miss the old pre flight brief given by whoever wasn't flying back in the day, we used to listen intently to that one (just on the off chance you would screw it up and we could extract the michael)