There's a lot of tortuous scenario-spinning going into this thread! Would the sentence be the same if the co had said, on tape, "ok mate, tht's too much. Let's calm it down eh."
On the kipper front: I was told by a flt eng on nimrods, and have no reason to disbelieve him, that he once called PNR, or PLE or somesuch off intercom. A few minutes later he tried again. The third time, he went on intercom (and cvr) and called it pointedly, "PLE plus ten, captain". Skipper narked, eng still alive.
So might Pte Tait be eh?
CG