I just remembered something about 10Sqn RAF. I was on the fleet when they promoted all VC10 Captains to acting Sqn. Ldrs. ......well, those who were not S/Ls already.
It created a lot of controversy and some humour at the time...does anyone know if that continued?
I was on a flight once with one of our newly badged Captains and the AOC of Transport Comm....correction...Air Support Command, sat in the jump seat.
He commented on this policy and asked our opinion. Our Nav was a S/L and I (F/E) was a F/L
Our Captain (I'll call him Al) said it was correct and proper as he was the commander. He then suggested that we should wear wings on our KD uniform so everyone would know he was the Captain.
The AOC smiled and then said "Well, Jim....If others don't respect you as Captain maybe you shouldn't be one!" as he gave me a dig in the ribs.
I turned the cockpit temperature down a notch as it seemed to get quite hot!!!
