Originally Posted by
Lima Juliet
Ninthace Your
sailor has a role in the operation of the ship? Where you say that everyone doesn’t steer the ship, then I completely agree, but if you have an operating role on the ship then you are by definition not a
passenger. Now I presume that a ship/boat is seen as an equivalent of an aircraft, so therefore only
nauts should be those that operate the aircraft in some way or another? If you have an operating role on the ship then you are a
sailor, if you don’t then you are a
passenger. I would offer that a RAF Station has more in common with a Royal Naval Base and Dockyard rather than a ship?…
I would disagree, The Station is the equivalent to the ship. The aircraft are the main weapon system, Try getting airborne, let alone carrying out a mission, without the help of sqn and stn staff. Having done time in both, 30 years in total, a posting to a Station has far more in common, ethos wise, to a posting to a Ship.