Wg13
I don't think anyone was decrying AAC crewmen (most RAF SH crewmen could do the same given the same trg as the AAC guys - in fact in Tiger Mates formative years, that's EXACTLY what they did (though many crewmen couldn't hit the water if they fell out of a boat)), just demanding parity for all, and when faced with the threat of one's job being "down-ranked" (is that proper English like?), one will always defend the current structure to the hilt. All 3 services bring different abilities to the table and there will no doubt be a tri-service basic course followed by single service type conversions.