Originally Posted by
Basil
Good point.
I went off on a subcharter to look after ground handling etc and realised that I should have worn four bars - makes a difference everywhere.
Actually, years ago I sat in the righthand seat of a VC10 wearing my rank of Sqn Ldr and sporting grey hair. Next to me was the captain, a Flt Lt with black hair. At a foreign airfield a local gentleman arrived to talk to the captain, took one look at him and then proceeded to deal with me, the co!