Originally Posted by O-P
CM,
When I knew you as both Sqn Ldr and Wg Cdr, you didn't need to use your rank with me. Sadly, I don't know you as a civilian.
There is a huge difference between rank and leadership.
I always thought that people have names, why not use them.
Brings to mind our Sqn Ldr Ops at Chiv. He'd been around a long time and just lived to fly. Lovely bloke. He'd been bollocked many years earlier for failing to call someone important "Sir". His solution was to call everyone "Sir" regardless of who they were.