When writing 6000s for my troops it is evident that some of them should be more than capable of undergoing the rigours of OASC and IOT. One does sometime get the impression, however, that these airmen would find it easier to attend OASC if they left the RAF first and applied from civvy street. This is absurd. About time we started to change this, and that we recognise the fact that airmen have many additional skills to bring to the officer corps - not least their experience.