Originally Posted by
sanddancer
It was two crew, perversely, unless you were on an airiest when you could stick a REME air tech in the other seat.
In the early days of the Army Lynx it was single pilot with an Observer or Gunner in the left seat, Could have been anything from a Lance Corporal to usually Sargent rank. In the mid 80s it was realised the guy running the battle space was the individual in the left seat with the sight and the concept of Corporal Pilots and double Pilot operations was started with the commander in the left seat.