Originally Posted by
Chugalug2
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 :-
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.
A sentence in an MAA by document does not make Cabin Crew aircrew in the conventional sense. They are crew, sure, but they know nothing about flying or aviation. There is a reason that actual aircrew do extensive ground school and Ph2 training. All of this after 4 days of selection with a really high failure rate.