[QUOTE=V70Driver;447713]It has finally sunk in, respect at long last, he calls me sir. There is hope for the sanitary assistant for those, shall we say, at the sharp end of the aircraft although the "honesty" bit about thinking is still doubtful in my mind but am willing to give him a bit more time to see if he can make progress. Soon be Christmas ! V70Driver [QUOTE=chow;447639 "i honestly do think sir,[/QUOTE] sir is the correct form of address for a sergeant addresing a officer which is of course what capt maiwarring is, however as you should know the respect is for the kings commision not the man, ps love the bit about "we at the sharp end of the aircraft ":sq-laugh8kb::sq-laugh8kb: managed to squeeze your desk onto the flight deck did you ? ...what a..........