Why Captain?
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From: ...in view of the 'Southern Cross' ...
.....One of the guys had a set of epaulettes made with 6 bars just for sh1ts and giggles and people were falling over themselves to serve this new super pilot.
Mmmmm .....
Note to self ...... "Must try this one on my next trip to India!"
Mmmmm .....
Note to self ...... "Must try this one on my next trip to India!"
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From: Space
The captain doesn't drive the ship does he? He just tells everyone else what to do.
I suppose they figured if the mechanics can call themselves engineers then dammit I want to be called a Captain!!!
On ships, you generally have Engineers and Motormen, the Engineers are so as they have a qualification to say so.
Offshore on installations and what not, there are Mechanics who are precisely that, infact that tag is above some, so they would not go near the Engineer tag.
I've sailed with Captains who will not allow you to refer to them as so and on the flip side sailed with others who will only be refered to as Captain.
Overall the ones who desire to be called Captains are not likeable people.
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From: Pacific
Ferry flights through Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Papua New Guinea - you should at least wear an iorned preferably white shirt & some crunchie bars if you have them. Indonesian's get very suss on you if you climb out of the steerers seat & don't 'look the part'.
Quite often travel agents in PNG will prefix a booking with Captain if the client happens to be an aviator & it may have something to do with the passenger list provided to the crew. I have seen hostie's walk up to a seat & ask the Doctor sitting there to come take a look at a crook geezer - how did they know that person was a medico?
Quite often travel agents in PNG will prefix a booking with Captain if the client happens to be an aviator & it may have something to do with the passenger list provided to the crew. I have seen hostie's walk up to a seat & ask the Doctor sitting there to come take a look at a crook geezer - how did they know that person was a medico?
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From: UK
Davey Croppet/PHP/HR Greenie/baldebanger
It's interesting to note that none of the above have contributed to this thread since Heliports remark.
But it looks like there coule be another "low posts" person in the same list? He certainly has a thing about people who prefer to be called Captain.
I don't mind what people call me, provided they pay me enough!
But it looks like there coule be another "low posts" person in the same list? He certainly has a thing about people who prefer to be called Captain.
I don't mind what people call me, provided they pay me enough!
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From: Warwick
Originally Posted by DoubleBougey
A "Captain" (Aircraft Commander) is someone who has a license, forms a properly constituted member of the flight crew and has the overriding responsibility for the conduct and safety of the flight, be it a humble R22 to a big noisy S92.
I am always impressed when I visit smaller training schools in the UK and a young R22 FI turns up immaculatley dressed, wearing the rank he has earned by virtue of his Qualifications and sending out the right message to his students, passengers and the greater public.
There is nothing "Hard" or "Trendy" about looking like a bag of sh***t.
I am always impressed when I visit smaller training schools in the UK and a young R22 FI turns up immaculatley dressed, wearing the rank he has earned by virtue of his Qualifications and sending out the right message to his students, passengers and the greater public.
There is nothing "Hard" or "Trendy" about looking like a bag of sh***t.
However, I whole heartedly agree with DB, and FL's sentiment that those who are flying professionally are entitled to use the title and I think should do so. They should also be appropriately turned out, call me a stickler; I think it was all those detentions at school for having odd socks on that did it!!
We have all achieved something of which to be proud, from R22 up to S92 - it doesn't hurt sometimes to be reminded of it!
(Oh, and I will also happily captain a netball team!!
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Nigerian In Law
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From: The stool at the end of the bar
Designations
When I did the Army Pilot course the offical designation was "Driver Airframe" although we were referred to as pilots.
I don't mind the Captain handle but I certainly don't insist on it. Perhaps there is an element of inverted snobbery due to the fact that I was a Sergeant pilot ? As long as I'm paid people can call me Deputy Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Cockroach Crusher for all I care !!
Bristow overseas operations used to have a rule (no doubt invented by engineers) forbidding "bars in the bar" but it seems to have gone by the board these days.
NEO
I don't mind the Captain handle but I certainly don't insist on it. Perhaps there is an element of inverted snobbery due to the fact that I was a Sergeant pilot ? As long as I'm paid people can call me Deputy Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Cockroach Crusher for all I care !!
Bristow overseas operations used to have a rule (no doubt invented by engineers) forbidding "bars in the bar" but it seems to have gone by the board these days.
NEO
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From: Newfoundland, Canada
Whilst most of us act in a professional manner and have huge amounts of responsibility, pilots in general are uneducated, usually without tertiary qualifications and have rarely finished secondary school.
PS, do you really have nothing better to do than stir s__t in this forum? Your time may be better spent trying to figure out how to rewire the connection from your mouth to your brain.
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From: UK
Re: humor v. humour, is there actually a legitimate entry in some English dictionary for the spelling 'fortuneately'? This is not intended to be a sarcastic post, I simply have never seen this before. But then again, I'm just a helicopter captain.