Originally Posted by
Fortissimo
... It came as no surprise when I arrived at my BFTS job to find I was not allowed to lead a formation until I had jumped through all the hoops and been signed off by someone whose awareness when leading did not extend much past his own wingman.
TBF I recall the guys on the waterfront when I went through (mid- 80s) being well aware of backgrounds and were generally more than happy to take input..
Compare and contrast with my subsequent arrival interview at the BFS where I got the impression the CFI couldn't wait to get the story out of how the last formation whoopise at that place had been caused by an ex-FJ'er....That set the tone for the next couple of years and when I got the A2 and five minutes late a phone call with the invite to go back up the road to CFS to be one of the FJers' on the JP waterfront I was gone like a dot...