TTN wrote
2ANS insisted that student navs called all staff "sir"
Our course instructors were Bill, Fred & Brian from day one. They called us by our first names except occasionally when they wished to differentiate between Brian J & Brian S. Likewise very rarely were they ever addressed as "Sir". They said that was the way they wanted it and I don't think it lessened our respect of them.
I would like to hear
Pontious' memory of this subject as his 2ANS time was between yours (
TTN) and mine to put a time line on this change.