Originally Posted by
camelspyyder
Talk about thread drift. Ever since post 3 this has been heading off at at tangent from the OP. Non-Traditional Aircrew are mission specialists such as FC, IA or AT, nothing to do with stewards or movers. They have done at least a course in Aviation Fundamentals at Cranwell alongside the Generic WSOp students before specialist training on type. Since the established rear crew trades were all amalgamated into WSOp, should there be a one size fits all Mission Specialist flying badge too? Or since they are so different, maybe keep them separate and let some of the old badges make a comeback - N, AE, LM for instance?
IA’s aren’t aircrew. They are a ground based imagery analysis trade. Therefore not aircrew.
They created a brevet that isn’t recognised by QR206 and wear it unofficially because they think they are aircrew, yet their trade is a ground trade.
Lots of trades who’s ‘brevet’ should be a trade qualification badge that they’ve made into a pseudo brevet.