B15,
An Empowered Master is one who has taken over from the old Flt Lt Leaders of NCA sections instead of being Dep Ldr. They are used as a cheaper alternative to Flt Lts as the Air Farce has decided it wants to get rid of ALL Commissioned Rearcrew by 2020 (so they say anyway).
The farce going on in above thread does not surprise me in the least, did we honestly think it wouldn't happen?
Ginge