Bullying instructors...
...early in my flying training (sortie2) I had a MAeOP (probably the one that Adam Nams mentioned) as my man. He sat down beside me, took the fire axe off the wall and plonked it on the desk between us.
Me Brand new P/O stripe barely visible"What's that for?" I had the sense to say it on i/c.
Him "When you fook oop I clatter you on the bonedome wi' the flat bit"
Ah yes, Finningley early 80's.... On reflection it was clearly 'misfit central' for a few of the AEOp staff. Later on, the Neanderthal instructor on 236 OCU was a case study in how not to instruct....