Originally Posted by
WHBM
Yes, but the "many of us" are not relying in a court on this as some sort of accolade. The implication, because it's not stated otherwise, and to those not digging any further, is that he was a qualified air force pilot from those times - which is clearly not the case, and the RAF should put the media straight.
I’m not sure MOD has the manpower to go around putting the media straight about the service history of every ex-service man or woman that ends up in court…
In the context of this case TBH I’m not sure anybody much cared about his background and I doubt at this stage in proceedings the RAF putting anybody “straight” would be noticed by the MSM, let alone be published.
It’s much more important that people realise there’s a difference between a PPL and a commercial license, and hopefully the coverage did ensure “many of us” are now fully aware of that.