Originally Posted by Echo 5
Would it be better to put movers as loadmasters on RAF aircraft if they load it and do the paperwork?..............Oh dear. I don't think we want to open up that can of worms.
Not so fast! The Canadians have been doing this for years. Take one SNCO Mov and teach him the ac-specific safety and crew procedures. Test him. Release onto an AT Sqn for several years as an ALM before eventually returning to the movs fold. It's fairly sensible but very SNCO intensive, especially for a small TG, like Mov Ops, to maintain. It's far easier for us to train additional SNCOs for the specific ALM role.
Not trying to reignite the tiresome Mov v ALM thread, just enlightening!