Axail,
Good point - I hadn't thought of that. I suppose that's the equivalent of the old promotion to sqn ldr within the spec aircrew branch - but wasn't that only possible beyond the age of 45?
The trouble is that that only makes matters worse! I couldn't begin to imagine how a CS sqn ldr would feel if he/she was denied transfer to the PAS whilst one of his subordinates was promoted to sqn ldr within the PAS!