Originally Posted by
charliegolf
I'd be interested to know who does a 6 month leadership course. CC aircrew would surely be airman aircrew?
CG
Indeed CG, and following in the footsteps of their forefathers, or come to think of it their grandfathers. 30 Squadron Association boasted an ex SAC Fairey Battle Air Gunner who served in the BEF Air Component. For pressing home an attack against the Albert Canal bridges and overwhelming odds the crew were rightly decorated. The pilot and the navigator that is. He received nothing of course, and when he complained that his gun had overheated while repelling repeated 109 attacks he was advised that he shouldn't fire it so much in future. As heights good so eloquently puts it he had to suck it up, but was bitter about it right up until he sadly passed away.
Isn't there something about those who never learn from history being doomed to repeat it?
HG :-
Cabin crew are not aircrew.
But they are. That's the whole point I'm afraid and the ridiculous dead end that the RAF has managed to navigate itself into.