Originally Posted by
VinRouge
It seemed to work well over 16 years deployed multiple times flying and into Afghanistan, Iraq and Central Africa.
I really do understand what it conferred - but nothing is more important than the role as Aircraft Commander, which with it confers leadership and motivation, esprit de corps within that role and operating as a crew. I've met a few where the triangle was the other way around and it very often led to them coming a cropper. People identify far more as Crew working together as a unit from within a Squadron. I found regularly that loyalty outside structures of the Squadron was non-existent. To be honest, I don't have an issue with that.
And all that could be done admirably by a SNCO pilot. QED