It has bugger all to do with being a linguist but they still have to sit through being taught by AEOps. (samuraimatt)
How about
: "they still have to sit through being taught by
AIRCREW
It has nothing to do with the fact they are AEOps, it is all about teaching 'generic' airmanship subjects that ALL NCA aircrew have to learn. Yes, they also teach/lecture on some of the specialisations, such as acoustics and non-acoustics, but this is purely to give all students a flavour of the various specialisations prior to making a desision on streaming.
For those of you bleating on this thread that went through before the introduction of the Generic 'Airmanship' phase, then you are not really informed enough to comment, unless you are instructing on 55(R) Sqn or subsequent OCUs (although I do admit you are entitled to your own opinions, even if they are ill-informed.) For the 'whingers' on this thread that have been lucky/unlucky enough (depending on how you found the experience) to have gone through the new training programme, then you are new to the RAF NCA cadre and really shouldn't be commenting on how your own training should have been performed. Only until you have had at least had a few years front-line experience and maybe even some exposure as an instructor yourself, then you will be informed enough to understand whether you believe that the NCA training system is flawed or not.
Regards
M7