Promotion at Last!

[Shelterdeck]

Glad to see that here, at least, we have been promoted from "Radio Operators" to "Radio Officers!"

[Gulpers]

Originally Posted by Shelterdeck

Glad to see that here, at least, we have been promoted from "Radio Operators" to "Radio Officers!"

Behave yourself or we'll get it changed!

[Chris Isaac]

Still got nobody to give orders to !
Just get the footy scores and you can call yourselves whatever you wish.

[Shelterdeck]

Oh well, that rules me out - back to the fo'castle, Never did bother with football results apart from those received in the press!
Never been to a football match in my life!

[Troppo]

No promotion, mate - we have always been Officers.

[Shelterdeck]

Yes, I know Troppo! But there has always been a certain number who made it a "point of honour" to always refer to us as "operators," although operating was only part of our duties. I have noticed in the thousands of merchant ship plans that I have poured over in the past 50 or so years that in over 90% of the cases, the R/Os cabin was designated "Radio Operator". Rather like the majority of the British public who insist on referring to ships as "boats" even though some of them are a quarter of a million tons. It would not be so bad if the others were incorrectly designated as well:
Map Readers
Fitters
Grocers

[Dave McGouldrick]

I've always thought being known as a Telegraphist, had a nice sound to it.

[Sparks69.5]

Originally Posted by Dave McGouldrick

I've always thought being known as a Telegraphist, had a nice sound to it.

Sounds exotic - good chat up line ? (well it may have been 50 years ago)

[Chadburn]

Originally Posted by Sparks69.5

Sounds exotic - good chat up line ? (well it may have been 50 years ago)

The wearing of a Uniform was a chat up line in itself 50 years ago.

[Naytikos]

I know this has been mentioned elsewhere, but: on Greek crewed ships the R/O is known as 'Marconi' although the official designation is Ασυρματιστης (Asyrmatistis) which literally translates as wireless-ist.

[Dave McGouldrick]

Originally Posted by Sparks69.5

Sounds exotic - good chat up line ? (well it may have been 50 years ago)

The missus disapproves of me using chat up lines these days - however ' back in the day' ....

[BobClay]

I always used: "Ello Gorgeous, how would you like to clean my bike for a couple of months ?"

Strangely, it never worked ...