In the Army the officers lead their men into war
In the Navy the officers take their men into war
In the Air Force the men pat their officers on the top of their head & tell them to fight their own f
ing war
Actually, in the RAF, the engineer tasked with the BF has been leaned, there are no spares, the squippers have been threatened with a charge if they sew velcro patches on for the aircrew, the centralised messing has poisoned half the crew and ATC have closed due to only having '90%' manning.
The aircrew just get on with it.
And please, no thread creep to the merits of non-commissioned pilots. Even my non-commissioned stomach can't take that argument yet again!!!
WM