Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Roadster, in those days 4 got you airman aircrew, 5 got you a commission and 2 A levels got you to Cranwell as aircrew or Henlow as ground crew.
No engineers in those days, Technical or Secretarial.
GCEs were only pass/fail, no grades.
I did my GCE O Levels in 1984/5, A-Levels in 1987. The Tornado must have only been in service a couple years when I did my O Levels, and from past papers we did at the time, I am sure they must have been the same from at least 1980 onwards - ie graded A-E and U.
Maybe the requirement for A Levels came in with the move to Cranwell-only training for offrs.