I might be in a minority here but I wasn't surprised at all when I saw Lee and Chief being friendly. It felt completely natural to me. They seem to be close age-wise and also their jobs are somewhat similar. Lee is the leader of the pilots, while Chief leads all the workers on the hangar deck. They both have responsibility for the people under them, which they take very seriously and often personally struggle with it. Their are both pretty empathetic and have strong sense of justice, they are both interested in politics and human rights, they both cross the line when their conscious dictates them to do so and they both have a tendency to be cynical and gloomy from time to time.
Due to the nature of their jobs, they interact on daily basis and spend a lot of time together, which would likely lead to some small talk from time to time. I'm not saying that Lee never opened his mouth on chief when he was stressed or angry or that chief never bad-mouthed the CAG, but they seem to really respect and appreciate each other and trust and understand each other. I guess Chief has to answer to Lee as he outranks him but I don't think that they are in the direct chain of command. I always had the impression that the deck chief, like the CAG answers primarily to the XO. I never had the feelings that they were close friends, but Chief seem to be just the right drinking buddy for Lee.
Due to the nature of their jobs, they interact on daily basis and spend a lot of time together, which would likely lead to some small talk from time to time. I'm not saying that Lee never opened his mouth on chief when he was stressed or angry or that chief never bad-mouthed the CAG, but they seem to really respect and appreciate each other and trust and understand each other. I guess Chief has to answer to Lee as he outranks him but I don't think that they are in the direct chain of command. I always had the impression that the deck chief, like the CAG answers primarily to the XO. I never had the feelings that they were close friends, but Chief seem to be just the right drinking buddy for Lee.
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