Capt Hartnup, congratulations on your fine achievement. My Samoan Attorney advises to ignore the wailing and gnashing of teeth by correspondents on this forum and to utilise your honorific at every opportunity. Sincerely, HST.

Old one this Captain biz. Once came across a seamanship instructor who styled himself Captain. Turned out he was a retired Rasc bod not R.N. He got a bit toey when I asked if he knew many Captains of the Head, (Bog cleaners FYI)

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Are you a bus driver if you steer an Airbus.

You guys should just be happy that the acronym for your job title is not LAME.

So I had my first go at using my title today. A telemarketer called. "Hello Ms Hartnup, how are you today?" I corrected her. "Its Capt Harntup, actually" She responded with, "Oh, sorry, well done. Where have you served?" My response, "Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane this week." "Oh, ok, it must be hard on the body." "Incredibly!" I replied. Yeah, maybe I might be better off sticking with my unofficial title from here on in.

Is he from Western Samoa or American Samoa, it makes a difference you know. It would be better again if he was Tongan, they have a King and all, they know their titles.

Is it like the different ethinicities of swallows? (See how long it takes :-) )

Honorifics can be a burden! At various times in my career I have been a:
Sgt - CMF
Dr - courtesy
Dr - PhD
Capt - aviation
Capt - marine
Prof - academic
and lets not get into post nominals!

What's your PhD in FTDK?

Reproductive physiology!

Reproductive Physiology.....hahaha...so many correlations with aviation :-)

Congrats Capt Hartnup on your hard earned Left Seat.
Back in the day you could have asked the preeminent subject matter expert Captain Ace 4 Bars himself.
His girlfriend might still be lurking around, could try her for an opinion?

BAz :ok:

I think he just told you to get f….d Bandit

When you’re on the flight deck you’re Captain - elsewhere you’re just Fred ffs.

Unless you're Scott Pendlebury, BTW how do you count his stripes, three?

According to the Bonza recruitment ad, it’s no longer captain, rather you are an inflight experience team member. HR graduates have contributed so much to the world.

Depends.

Is your surname "Obvious"?

BTW I hear M&S has a nice line in pyjamas for this season with four golden stripes on the sleeves.

PS Congrats on the cmd rating though. :ok:

Or maybe Kremin or Kirk...