I'm off to a top table event tomorrow, in honour of a very special man retiring after many years service through MSS, C130 Ground engineer and as Warrant Officer SAGE (Senior Aircraft Ground Engineer) in recent years. There will be not one "sir", nothing but first names and great memories of times shared in days past. I suspect though that we will not be joined by many "senior officers" who might like to hang on to their former (self assumed) glory. It's a sad indictment of what is happening in the RAF these days that the event will be held in a local hotel, as the "major transport base" cannot provide a reasonable menu or cost for the attendees. If any of you retired "senior officers" need to locate your real standing for your assertions of superiority, I suggest Flt Lt Danny42C, on another thread might be worth a read. A man of few pretensions, but then, he was a real warrior officer !!!!
Smudge