FW - as you will have read, the OCU in your era 78-81 was vastly different from the era some 2-3 years earlier. I probably met you at WTM in the early '80s when you guys deployed there and I was very pleased to see how things had changed by then.
Have I ever made it a secret that I agreed that I wasn't cut out for FJs? Compared to the vile atmosphere of Honington in 1977, my departure from the F4 world was both reasonable and civilised. As stated personally by the WTM Stn Cdr - he even asked me back for a dining-out night. Thoroughly good bloke - unlike that POS at Honington.
Did enjoy sending my old sqn peeps a postcard from Honk Kong during my VC10 course though! Told them I hoped that they were getting plenty of night Profit trips and loads of Ph 3 VIDs..
But the fact remains that 237OCU in the mid-70s was an appalling organisation. Sorry, but that's the truth.