Originally Posted by
dctyke
The one man that doesn’t seem to come up in all the chat is the Squadron Warrant Officer. On the four front line squadrons I served on he was the man who directed what could, and what could not be deemed acceptable from the groundcrew and at times the junior officers. He was answerable only to the squadron boss who quite frequently would have known him previously as he himself climbed the aircrew ladder.
I know the WO who was there for at least part of the time in question and he is an outstanding bloke.
He wasn't the one "they" (reds management) wanted at interview but manning gave him the job. He tried to intervene in many issues (both engineering and unacceptable behaviour) but was never supported by the Sqn Execs. It got so bad he PVR'd and left the service over what was going on and still has an effect on him to this day.