Shytorque
I said a percentage, not all, should be non commissioned. Those commissioned would be the ones to move on upward into policy type jobs later on. The rest would be compensated by having more time flying and less time on ground jobs.
Your throw away comment on Suppliers highlights another issue. This belief that only aircrew, and usually FJ, can run the RAF. Some of the people who spout this on PPRUNE are the very same ones who then slag off the RAF as broken, crap and poorly led. Ironic really.