"Captain" or not bothered

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Question for the captains. Do you prefer/require to be called "Captain" by your FO and cabin crew or do you not mind if they were to refer to you by your name. Also would you reprimand/give a polite warning to a person for not referring to you as "Captain".

[piky]

'Oy.. Piky...Coffee or a cold one?' Will do!

Whats that question all about anyway?

[Bullethead]

DGAF either way.

[bfisk]

I'm not a captain and I've certainly never met one that I referred to by anything other than his first name.

[411A]

'Captain' will do for the cabin crew.
If my cabin crew don't like this, they will be warned, pronto.
Ignore, offloaded.
Company rule.

Other FD crew, first name will certainly do.

[Intruder]

In uniform and in public, "Captain" is appropriate. Among friends & colleagues, first name or nickname is fine.

[Dit]

I'm sorry 411A, I do have immense respect for everything you post here, but:

"'Captain' will do for the cabin crew. If my cabin crew don't like this, they will be warned, pronto. Ignore, offloaded."

Come on! These are the people we work with everyday, surely they could call you by your actual name (if they knew it).

Granted, I'm only an f/o, but I would tell anyone calling me First Officer to off anf just call me by my real name, we all know the ranks. If someone need to reminded of it it will happen, but there is no need to enforce this divide on everyone everyday at all times.

[Otto Throttle]

The first skipper that expects me to call them 'Captain' is likely to get a broken nose.

Now, when I'm the boss, if anyone is so bold as to even try eye contact with me, let alone have the temerity to speak to me, well.........

[leewan]

To the TS, just wondering did you get the idea for this thread from this event.
United flight diverts after captain and flight attendant argue

A really dumb reason to divert actually.

[411A]

Come on! These are the people we work with everyday, surely they could call you by your actual name (if they knew it).

Negative, Dit, for the CC it is 'Captain' (while on duty).
Company requirement.

If, on the other hand, the CC don't like this arrangement, they are free to leave.
None have, so far as I know.

Respect begets respect.
For example, I call the Cabin Supervisor 'Chief' as that is the preferred term that the company desires.
We have all Jordanian nationals as CC, and they are the best I have worked with, bar none.

Granted, I'm only an f/o, but I would tell anyone calling me First Officer to off anf just call me by my real name, we all know the ranks.

Just so you feel better, Dit, our CC often call the First Officer 'captain', as some of 'em were, at one time.

[Dit]

Fair enough, if its company rules its company rules. I'd still prefer to be called by my name than my rank (or higher).

[slowto280]

Different cultures expect/require different methods of being addressed.

Just curious, who set up the 'requirement' to address the Captain only as Captain?

Makes it much easier I guess, no need to remember names. Some places in the world, everyone involved with the (an) airplane is addressed as 'Captain'.

[parabellum]

Just curious, who set up the 'requirement' to address the Captain only as Captain?

Please, tell us, where did you discover the 'requirement'?

This subject has been done to death and a search of the archives will reveal all. The bottom line is that some airlines and some cultures require it, others don't.

If you happen to have been lucky enough to have slept with one of the lovely young ladies the night before then, in all probability, if you were any good, she will call you 'Captain', and if you were really good she will call you, 'My Captain'

[mikehammer]

I'm an FO. I would prefer to be called Captain. Just for the salary mainly.

[MarkerInbound]

Had a wrench I'd known for 15 years finally make the jump to F/E. When it was something to do with the plane as part of his duties, it was "Captain," when we were just planning what to do after landing it was first name. In 26 years, I think he was the only flight crewmember to call me Captain.

[slowto280]

parabellum......

Merely read the entire thread, or at least the last few posts if you are not too busy, and you will find where I 'discovered' the 'requirement'.

Yet another know-it-all who rushes to judgement. Nice cockpit..........

[fmgc]

All my crew call me by my first name as they do every other Captain in my Company, the dispatchers I know call me by my first name as do the engineers who know me.

The only time I insist on being called Captain is when I have a loverly little hostie in bed with me!!!

[Flintstone]

Any sentence beginning with 'Captain' or 'Mr' usually ends in trouble.

[parabellum]

slowto280

Yet another know-it-all who rushes to judgement. Nice cockpit

Ever tried posting without the snide remarks at the end? Makes a post so much more effective, oh yes and have a good look around and see if you can find your sense of humour, you have obviously lost it.

[slowto280]

parabellum......

Feeling good this morning, good sleep..........

I too have a 'personal motto' similar to your 'tag'. Period. I must admit though, I had to look it up.