'underwater basket weaving'
'Are you a real Sqn Ldr or a VC10 captain?'
Two phrases I haven't heard these last thirty years. I remember being in Gan one night, as part of a Hercules crew, when I was woken by one of the mess staff. "Sorry Sir, you'll have to move to the non-air-conditioned rooms. We have a VC10 crew coming in". No amount of arguing would change it, and the entire crew, including the captain, had to shift.