Aerospace battle what?
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Aerospace battle what?
I've just read in the Torygraph under graduations from Sleaford Tech that two have graduated as "Aerospace Battle Managers".
Would someone be so kind as to explain to an old fart WTF is an Aerospace Whatsit?
Would someone be so kind as to explain to an old fart WTF is an Aerospace Whatsit?
It's much more descriptive of the roles that they now do. The old term was very limited and only a few in that branch actually controlled fighters, even when we had some.
Change isn't always bad, unless you read Pprune, it would seem.
Change isn't always bad, unless you read Pprune, it would seem.
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old news - got to have a new title so they can keep the monopoly over 'space towers' at Fylingdales. Plus keeps all the brevet sellers in a job selling the old ones to the 'I graudated before ABM' brigade. Embrace change, you'll be asking why the Observers are wearing WSO brevets next...
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I wonder when they will make ATC "Aerospace Peace Managers"? 
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There was a day when I was vectoring a pair of Wattisham 'Nings onto their tanker on Towline 6. Victor was turning at the Southern end of the racetrack, and as he rolled out onto North so did my 'Nings ... A couple of hundred yards behind and 1,000 below. The nicest thing a fighter pilot ever said to me was ... "Contact, Eastern ... You're in the wrong job."
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in other words it wasn't like that when I was a lad. For gawd's sake, things change, let them get on with it. I'm sure that members of the RE Kite Squadron were equally concened about "pilots." Why not rant at the Daily Mail or do something equally constructive.