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Old 5th Oct 2005, 10:54
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Max R8
 
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If all this comes to pass it will be the end of the UAS ethos. Up til now the squadrons were run by current aircrew of mixed backgrounds in FJ/Rotary/MRA/AAR/AT with loads of frontline cred. For some of the ground branch cadets it would be the closest they ever got to being on a flying squadron (and in many ways with a better squadron spirit than found on some Op units).

With the best will in the world I find it hard to believe that with an "anybranch" Sqn Ldr OC, an SNCO PTI, RO ex-SL adj, one possibly FTRS and certainly overworked QFI/CFI and AEF pilots who don't do training nights, it isn't going to feel like a proper flying squadron or a fun place to be.

Is this just going to be the ATC for undergraduates?
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