We had an obnoxious FM who was named Batman as he was always rushing about. A couple of years later we had a union turncoat who sold us out join batman as his deputy and was always seen following him like a pet poodle.
The inventor of the silent cockpit.
As we flew with two FOs we would wait until a calm part of the cruise and start with " ere john have you heard the new joke."
The punch line is "cockrobin - what's the question?"
Ans " what's that up my b*m batman?"
We would then p*ss ourselves laughing over the intercome much to the annoyance of his lordship - we doubted if he ever knew his nickname as we were surprised that he was coordinated enough to learn the handshake to get into management.
Military connection? Ex Nat service...