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Melchett01
That seems to be one of the big attractions of FTRS, having spoken to a couple of FTRS Sqn Ldrs who couldn’t get promoted as Regulars. I also know of at least one Gp Capt who did the same thing; all it seems to take is a positive promotion recommendation to ‘qualify’ an individual to apply for a post they like the look of at the higher rank.
It’s already happening. There are areas such as Cyber where blind eyes are turned to get expertise in the door, and I know ‘lateral transfers’ into senior ranks has been talked
Didn't something like that happen in the fighter control world? I knew one nav, ex-F4, was at cdr and another ex-Vulcan was a gp capt. Don't know the circumstances but I was certainly surprised.