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Old 3rd Oct 2006, 15:41
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LMF

I've been reading a book titled "Aircrew" .....the story of the men who flew the bombers" by Bruce Lewis and the subject of Lack of Moral Fibre is raised.
According to his reports, any aircrew member suffering from LMF was off the squadron within hours, demoted and given a deliberately humiliating job - like cleaner in the airman's mess as discouragement to the others.

I never heard of any such problem in my time, but no-one was shooting at us - unless you count the odd Yemeni or Indon having a crack at us with an old Lee- Enfield .303.

What happens nowadays ? Is there a more sympathetic approach or is the prospect of personal humiliation still a deterent to saying you don't really want to get killed ?
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