"Mate"
Centaurus:
A long time ago I used to have the odd beer with a senior Captain in Air Niguini who when he listened on the radio to the " Mates Chatter" would make a response " Yor are no Mate of mine, thank God, so use proper terminolgy or shut up. His other hate was crew members who turned up at the Ground bus with unpolished shoes.They normaly only did it once!.
I agree with both of his "hates", at the time he was well up the ladder on the A310.
Tmb