Going back to the seventies stroke eighties there wasn’t a corporals leadership course until I believe late on into the eighties.
Progression was from SAC onto JT due to assessments numbers, the odd thing being if you served in Germany you got an extra point.
Cpl was on average 4 years on.
During the late eighties they then introduced a time limit to reach Cpl or you would not be allowed to sign on, which a lot of people fell foul off due to the simple fact they had done tours abroad and during those years you couldn’t be sent on JT courses.
So in effect it then made it nine years to Cpl and I knew one poor bugger that had done two overseas tours.
so LAC to SAC one year, SAC to JT three to four years and four to Cpl possibly could be done in nine, but having served 6 years abroad he would have had to do it in SIX! Which stunk.
The other disadvantages was the RAF lost long serving and experienced people in each rank, I knew a JT who was in for twenty two in the rank who was invaluable in teaching younger JT’s.
Last edited by NutLoose; 12th Jun 2022 at 17:19.