Originally Posted by
slowjet
Mate of mine reminds me of t he time we both worked for a Company that had no idea what "Training" meant but embraced the "Testing" mentality. They looked at an EX RedArrow, SQ Ldr and Team Manager but failed him for lacking in Leadership. Honestly. He left, joined another but more decent outfit and was in the LHS within six months of joining. For CX in the glory days where,simply to "get in" was a major career success, all FO's were potential Commanders. RHS to LHS should just be a seat swop with tailoring dependent on time spent in the RHS. But the power mad bully-boys would hate that, eh ?
Yes all well and good. The command course, even in those days, was still roughly 60 sectors. So draconian that you just wanted to fail and get a decent nights sleep. During that time you’d peaked twice, and forgotten why you’d started. If the mem sahib was still hanging around added bonus.
Plus ça change.