How Far Do You Go With The "Captain"?
I'm sure "Soggyblonde" (previous page) page is on a wind-up - if not, please have a chat with some of the poor s*ds/s*desses locked in "up front"! However, without doubt, the Medals are definitely deserved at the back – not a job I could cope with - well, at least without a murder charge or two on each flight! All Cabin Crew are saints IMHO! And I’m sure SB is a saint at heart!!!!!!!!!!!!
Again, digressing, I flew as SLF with Qantas a few years back. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Captain XYZ and I will be your Captain for your flight today. Flying this leg today is F/O ABC, but, of course, I will be on the Flight Deck for the landing on arrival at London so there is nothing to worry about!” The whole cabin-full of SLF were stunned at the cheek of the Captain – the gasp of incredulity was clearly audible across the cabin! Seemingly, the Captain realised his brain had been temporarily disengaged during his initial PA announcement/or he was lumped at some point in the flight by the said F/O! “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. As you can see, we are now safely on the ground at LHR. I would like to personally congratulate F/O ABC on the perfect flight today culminating in an exemplary landing here in London. On behalf of all the Crew, I would like to blah blah blah….”. I never did see if said Capt was wearing dark glasses to hide a black eye when I disembarked!!!!!!
Again, digressing, I flew as SLF with Qantas a few years back. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Captain XYZ and I will be your Captain for your flight today. Flying this leg today is F/O ABC, but, of course, I will be on the Flight Deck for the landing on arrival at London so there is nothing to worry about!” The whole cabin-full of SLF were stunned at the cheek of the Captain – the gasp of incredulity was clearly audible across the cabin! Seemingly, the Captain realised his brain had been temporarily disengaged during his initial PA announcement/or he was lumped at some point in the flight by the said F/O! “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. As you can see, we are now safely on the ground at LHR. I would like to personally congratulate F/O ABC on the perfect flight today culminating in an exemplary landing here in London. On behalf of all the Crew, I would like to blah blah blah….”. I never did see if said Capt was wearing dark glasses to hide a black eye when I disembarked!!!!!!
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Have to agree there about soggyblonde. I am sure she would not do anything to the meals or drinks as even the dumbest blondes know that the boys (and girls these days) up front are there to save our A#se's when the plane is spinning towards the ground out of control.
You have to hand it to these Guys (and Gals) they do a tough job and have to be alert at all times. Think about it... 7 hrs of looking at nothing but horizon!! the mind has to start to wonder.
But murphys law will state that when the plane is spinning out of control the first officer will now ask for his crew meal and ask not to steal the chocolate bar of his tray.
.....Just kidding.
I will finish off with a joke/comment I herad the other day....(this joke is because of female pilots)
"Due to company P.C. regulations, the cockpit is no longer allowed to be called the cockpit anymore. It will now be call until further notice....... THE BOX OFFICE"
You have to hand it to these Guys (and Gals) they do a tough job and have to be alert at all times. Think about it... 7 hrs of looking at nothing but horizon!! the mind has to start to wonder.
But murphys law will state that when the plane is spinning out of control the first officer will now ask for his crew meal and ask not to steal the chocolate bar of his tray.
.....Just kidding.I will finish off with a joke/comment I herad the other day....(this joke is because of female pilots)
"Due to company P.C. regulations, the cockpit is no longer allowed to be called the cockpit anymore. It will now be call until further notice....... THE BOX OFFICE"
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Captain!?
Everyone are on 1st name terms unless to a passenger and then only flight deck get called by their relevent rank! Depends on Airline I suppose, but this is my third and its always been the same. Regards. 
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Simple answer to this question....
What would you call the cabin crew? Would you refer to them as "Oi CSD", "Excuse me Cabin Crew Member" etc etc? Or would you just use their first names??? Hopefully its the latter, then expect the same from the crew, its a little thing called respect!!! The days of using titles in my opinion are long gone, there is no room for that in this day and age. Crew need to treat each other like buddies.
What would you call the cabin crew? Would you refer to them as "Oi CSD", "Excuse me Cabin Crew Member" etc etc? Or would you just use their first names??? Hopefully its the latter, then expect the same from the crew, its a little thing called respect!!! The days of using titles in my opinion are long gone, there is no room for that in this day and age. Crew need to treat each other like buddies.
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You see, I'm old school... I wouldn't ever use first name to the Captain in front of passengers - any other time, sure.
Again Paddy, usually your posts are spot-on, but this time I'd disagree - I'm not sure you can lead a team on that basis, either as a Captain or as senior crew member. I can accept that this may be a minority view though...
...Crew need to treat each other like buddies
