As we used to call him, The Only Chief in Starfleet.
Time for some random linkage. Somehow I’ve managed to avoid discovering http://larptrek.com until now. I am amused, even if they are still ranked above me in the all-important “Star Trek Webcomic” Google-search.
Also, if you’ve never seen it you absolutely must read painful amounts of “Fashion It So” , a curious blog that disects all the random fashion choices in episodes of TNG. You wouldn’t think it from the description, but it is really laugh-out-loud funny, despite (and because of) the subject matter. They’ve covered a ton of episodes, but for a random start point you could do worse than http://sttngfashion.tumblr.com/post/43516128284/11001001-1-15.
I was just rewatching TNG on Netflix. Saw a link to this on Reddit. They referenced the guy working the transporter in “We’ll always have Paris” as Chief.
I think there’s some confusion here. . . the job title “Transporter Chief” has obviously been held by many over the years, and abbreviated as chief. But only Miles has ever claimed it was his actual rank. ::big winky smiley::