Congratulations, captain. A source of pride, I'm sure.

And thanks for the mini-lecture, but since we'll never fly together, I guess you'll have to save it for your next f/o.

We all know who the captain is - I don't have to go around telling this to everyone. When things go wrong, they get fixed either by myself, or my suitable delegate (I assume this would be an erosion of authority in your opinion). Everything doesn't have to be so difficult.

I was simply letting the OP know it would be fine to bring along his wife (or at least I thought it would be before yesterday ). I'm done.