My point, although poorly articulated, is that the uniform of the RAF is that of a fighting service and as such the right to wear it is earned and I do not believe that members of the ACO with no previous military service have earned that right
I see where you're coming from DK, I hadn't given it too much thought until a while back when a Rock, of all people, said that we 'quins should take more pride in our blue berets because we'd earned the right to wear them - not quite in the RM/Para stylee but even so, not just any man/woman in off the street could pass basic/Cranwell* - he caught me giving my boots a quick pre GDT brush-up with mine
Perhaps if ATC Adult NCOs and VR(T) Officers that haden't served wore a disk behind the capbadge? It might help identify some of the walts and wannabies, but as they say, some of the biggest choppers in the ATC are ex-mob
Swinderby c1983 - think 'Bad Lads Army' but with more swearing and random acts of violence