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does kinda raise the question 'Why the difference?'. If Army cpls can do the job as suggested, why not make our NCO aircrew cpls instead of sgts? Couple of questions to consider:
1. Would the standard remain as high? (Works for the Army...)
2. Could we still recruit WSOps as NCOs? (Is recruitment bouyant at the moment? How much of that is related to pay?)
I suppose the age-old question crops up again - just why do our WSOps need to be sgts...?
This is not intended to start a fight, perhaps a discussion on the differences between the Services...