MilOps,
I'm at 42 years and counting. My first mentor in Ops was a grounded Sgt-nav off Wellingtons. The the 5th aircraft type I flew in was an Anson. The one that was built just before the one that Gregory Peck had in Purple Plain.
Aside from the Sgt-nav the other Ops officer was off Neptunes.
What goes round goes round but it takes years of experience to build up.
This really should go in a different thread but here goes:
Flt Ops girly given a 2 for service writing complains to hairy Sqn Ldr Ops (about 20 years my junior), "why have you given me only a 2 for SW? I'm an ex-scribbly."
"Perhaps that's why you're an ex-scribbly."