Originally Posted by
Slow Biker
I once bumped into a recently retired 2* who had been my sqn cdr and later my staish. I was still serving and naturally addressed him as 'sir'. He replied he was now retired and his friends called him David. I was then a chief tech, hardly mates with 2* officers, but that was the man he was. He was a leader, the type one confidently would follow 'over the top'.
My SILs uncle, who was a Squadron Leader Padre, officiated at my brothers wedding. When I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed, Mike or Padre, he replied "
Sir will do"!
I avoided him for the rest of the day.