On the subject of 'Captaincy'...
Carrying on the thread-drift to which should possibly be asked in another PPRuNe forum: Why do airline and some commercial pilots use the title "Captain", rather than their actual capacity which is "Pilot-in-Command"? Also, why is the Second Pilot referred to as "First Officer" when he is also the only other 'officer' in the aeroplane?
My first thought was that this could be a throw-back to the days of the airships, when early airlines would use a nautical hierarchy to emulate passenger-carrying vessels at sea; but if the modern airlines were really trying to emulate the traditional airlines then why give the 'Captain' or the 'First Officer' a pilot's licence instead of an aerial 'Master's ticket'?
At sea, the 'pilot' is the chap who comes to meet you in a tug to pilot one's vessel safely into harbour; so in the airline industry, shouldn't this accolade surely be awarded to the ground marshalls who direct the aircraft safely to the gate?
I realise that much of the terminology in aviation has origins in the mariner's profession, but in some ways the aeronautical is quite distinct from the nautical and perhaps modern usage should reflect this. After all, the airliner's 'cockpit' seems to have become a 'Flight Deck'; perhaps the 'Captain' should become the "Pilot-in-Command"?