Titanic Mentality
In the REAL world the aircraft were quite happy being flown by 'qualified' staff many of whom had no RAF rank.
This is the main problem now; the organisation has lost its way about WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING TO PROVIDE A SERVIVE TO THE CADETS , and we are left with 'cascading', and spin, but NO B...…….. Machines. Those at the helm would have been quite at home on the Titanic,or burning Rome.