Bob Moore wrote in
22:

How many of you pilots renew your FAA Medical Certificate with one of
your local doctors? I don't. I get mine from a physician.... more
specifically from an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). I honor his
education, training, and position in life with the title "Doctor".
Some will say, "Well, what about a ship's "captain"? Actually, a
merchant ship has a "MASTER" with the rank and title of "Captain". A
U.S. Naval ship has a "COMMANDING OFFICER", again with the title of
"Captain" regardless of his actual Naval rank.

Ah well....no one ever said that we had to be proficient in language
skills in order to fly airplanes or write TV shows. :-)

Bob Moore

I don't think it's uncommon for people in general to do the same thing,
even in other industries / title relationships, and even in the industries
that you mentioned...


"The Captain goes down with the ship."

"4 out of 5 Doctors recommend the purple pill over the blue pill."

"Hey Mister! Where are you going?"

"Excuse me Sir, can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?"

"My complements to the Chef!"

"Here comes the Judge!"

It's not uncommon, apparently, to refer to someone by their title, even
without their name. I can't offhand think of any title that doesn't have
it happen to them, but then I'm not spending a whole lot of time on this
one.