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Old 16th Jan 2007, 11:20
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Things have changed then, Wholi!

My earlier comment about instructors having married students in the past was not a throwaway line; I was one of those who married a student (though she was a social member, and not on the UAS roll). This was a live issue at the time (late '80s), and the high-powered help had to accept that such relationships were between consenting adults of officer status, and so could not be prevented. The conflict of interest question naturally came up, but it was down to individual UASs to deal with that as they saw fit. In one or two cases, that meant that the student left the Squadron, but in many more it was made to work.

To my knowledge, the first such relationship - and subsequent marriage - is alive and well and has produced several offspring. And more than one or two hangovers!
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