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
