Arty,
Top post and in total agreement with your thoughts. I don't think anyone here is advocating NCO pilots, certainly not me for sure, it's was simply the airing of the notion that to bean counters it may seem a logical move to make.
The main reason the thread got off track was the oft trotted out tripe that a Sgt could not possibly have what it takes be a Typhoon pilot, but if you put the same Sgt through IOT then somehow he suddenly may well have what it takes to be a Typhoon pilot, it's utter tosh and always has been
