Lima Juliet, as you seem to be both knowledgeable and prepared to share your knowledge (a rare and admirable trait if I may say so!) could you please dot some i's for me? If, as you suggest, there is a possible move to grant RAF Cabin Crew an Airborne Specialist Flying Badge, would that mean that they are then acknowledged by the RAF as Aircrew? If the answer is self evident then I apologise but I find nothing in this maelstrom to be self evident. The badge is irrelevant in my view, what is relevant is that RAF Cabin Crew are Aircrew and are recognised as such, especially by other crew members and by their passengers.
Can we simply take it as read that all that are opposed to such a proposition remain as adamant as ever? I would just like to know what the RAF's intentions are in regard to recognising their cabin crew as aircrew.