Strangely enough I have managed to go off down route with a mixed rank crew for years now with hardly any occurances of the problems you suggest.
Plenty of young airmen/women have come along as SVC's, ATSY, Movers etc etc and have managed to include themselves without any problems what so ever. We all manage to work together and socialise together and generally get along fine.
The great beauty of this is the cross pollination that occurs with non Aircrew folk suddenly realising that most of the negative crew room talk with regards to us grow bags is tosh. When they realise that most of us NCA are ex tradesmen and that pilots are in general very approachable and thoroughly nice individuals who will happily share their experiences of how to be, so to speak.
I fully accept that to some I will always be seen as an uppity baldrick with a chip on my shoulder but in my 37 years I have only ever seen this class divide thing as a hindrance as opposed to a help.
Sgt Smith or FG Off Bloggs go to the local pub, pull a very nice young lady, take her back to the mess and give her the good news and no one bats an eye lid.
Sgt Smith or FG Off Bloggs go to another bar on camp pull a very nice young airwoman take her back to the block and give her the good news and there is all hell to pay.
What the **** is that all about
