The Mother Aligator is dead right, and that is the reason I feel that Air Cadet officers should not hold commissions. They are youth leaders, and no more than that. Instead, if they had a sudo military uniform and status as I have suggested earlier, they would still be able to do the job they do in the same way they do it now, but the hangers on would soon leave, and the remaining excellent majority would be able to get on with the job. When on annual camp, or other visits to RAF stations, our people would give them respect, help and advice as they do now, but without the niff naff and trivia that tends to cause the problems many of the previous posters have stated. More power to the Air Cadet organisation, but let's have the reforms suggested to improve it for the 21st century.