Plod,
I'm not 100% sure that I agree and I'd be happy to get into a discussion on the occasionally fractious relationship between VRT and Regular Officers but it's wouldn't really help Jinkster with his interview, so I'll leave it be
All I would say is that, from a regular's point of view, the best VR(T)s are the ones who you wind up in the bar after work with!
Blunty