Letter to CAS

[Edmund Spencer]

Dost think in a moment of anger
'Tis well with thy seniors to fight?
They prosper, who burn in the morning,
The letters they wrote overnight.

[High_Expect]

marshal has one L not two.

Marshal has one L not two

Ps. I heard he love person letters. His favourite was "My mate says you're an idiot, I think you're alright. Which is it?"

[Samuel]

I'm really surprised that most here seem to adopt the view that the higher you go the less approachable you become! Is that really true, or imagined?

[jindabyne]

I'd seek him out in one of those decent Whitehall pubs one evening, and put your views, discreetly.

[teeteringhead]

teeteringhead, you are Deputy CinC and I claim my £10 !

... a wee bit above my pay grade I fear (quite a lot really)

[PEDANT] ... and do keep up! We no longer have a CinC so we no longer have DCinCs! The 3-stars are now called DCom Ops (Dick Garwood) and DCom Cap(abilities) (Andy Pulford) [/PEDANT]

[Blacksheep]

...most here seem to adopt the view that the higher you go the less approachable you become...

I've had encounters with an awful lot of disagreeable Squadron Leaders and even worse Flight Lieutenants. I met a few Air Marshals and Air Chief Marshals in my time and I found the higher the rank, the more agreeable the personality. I suppose that has something to say about how they reach the top?

[Bladdered]

I remember bumping into Sir Curtains and Carpets at Binnsworth, I was walking down the stairs, he was walking up and offered him a cheery good morning sir, his response.............. "is it!!"

Lovely chap.........

[Wander00]

Blacksheep - I can think of a couple of "stars" you never met then!

[endplay]

worth remembering that every top feeder was pond life at one time. If they can't recall that period then they probably don'tdeserve their current position.

[Courtney Mil]

Endplay,

Good point. And well done for avoiding the use of the term 'bottom feeder'.

Courtney

[jamesman]

Having met a few 'air -ships' in my time, I have found most (though not all) to fairly nice chaps. The one big issue is all of the 'underlings' scurrying around being a complete pain in the ring, under the complete false illusion that they are the ones wearing the stars!

Jamesman

[SOSL]

When you get promoted to be a big boy it's fun to be nice to the little guys. That's what I've heard.

Rgds SOS

[teeteringhead]

The one big issue is all of the 'underlings' scurrying around being a complete pain in the ring, under the complete false illusion that they are the ones wearing the stars!

Exactly so!!

Can't count the number of occasions when some ADC/PSO/SO/whatever has said: "Sir wants this, Sir wants that!" etc.

And when Sir gets it, he looks quizzical and asks: "Why are you doing that?"

Whereupon he gets told why!