Originally Posted by
Haraka
Bearing in mind that the RAF is now less than a third of the size it was,even in the late 60's , yet still retaining many of the old rank/ branch structures?
Your point is what? It still works absolutely fine and as BV points out that after the change he’s still a pilot. Which begs the question, why do it at all.
The change from Admin, Ops and Eng wings were an absolute farce that yielded nothing tangible whatsoever other than having to pay for new signs.
Most changes such as these are vanity projects of the hierarchy.