Insty,
As ever a voice of reason. I totally agree that having a sqn that incorporates all trades necessary does make for better harmonisation. Although again, you have to be careful about hopw many hangers on you take. We currently don't have our own techies and only have to admin guys to run the backroom for us on the sqn. These admin people work hard for us and in the majority the sqn personnel respect that hard work. It just worries me to see the amount of extraneous jobs that make the sqn personnels lives that little bit more tediuos.
Why should it matter if a man can keep a jet airworthy, or can spot a certain type of SAM off ESM kit, but can't run to level 9 on the bleep test??!! All PTI's do is admire themselves in the endless walls of mirrors to be found in the gyms. What do they actually bring to the table??
My own take on a REMF;
Somebody who's job has no productive output to the maintainance of a frontline Sqn.
