Aircrew Hmmmmmmmmm!
Noticed during some of these threads that many of the Aircrew have an opinion that they are "Pilots first and Officers second"
So the topic today is "Aircrew, do they need to be commisioned"?
Lets see:
You need A levels to be an Officer/Pilot, many SAC Techncians have A levels.
Officers/Pilots train at Cranwell, NCO Aircrew also train at Cranwell.
Groundcrew technicians have been used as rear crew (Sentry, Herc etc)
The Army have SNCO and JNCO Pilots and aircrew.
Ergo: Make all pilots SNCO's and all rear crew (inc Navs) SAC crewmen. Therefore even with flying pay we save the defence budget a small fortune! Hoorah.
(Currently donning Kevlar and ECBA)