Are you sure it is not your own inadequacies and insecurities that you are highlighting when you label all pilots as arrogant?
There you go again, trying to go off topic and make the discussion personal. You need to be redirected back on task during sex don't you?
And are you not being arrogant when you suggest that you could replace some of your 'less than average' pilots with rear-crew and not notice the difference.
Now, had you thought for one millisecond before you started typing you might have considered the fact that several rear-crew have made the change from rear to front and, assuming that a qualified pilot can be expected to be able to carry out rear-crew tasks with the minimum of training then my statement is 100% correct.
Methinks one of two things happened when you read and started typing:-
1. Your
arrogance and misguided feelings of superiority came glaringly to the forefront, or
2. Your "stupid gene" kicked in per your nick.
You decide whether it was number one or "here piggy, piggy, piggy?...
The point being made is that the RAF is top-heavy in it's lower rank structure amongst aircrew with Flt Lt being the "default" rank which, in turn results in higher costs. Before you start saying that people won't work for FO wages I'd maintain they would if they are also paid on a sliding scale of flying pay per their experience. Then we can have Flt Lt's in charge of a flight and Sqn Ldr's in charge of squadrons rather than a gaggle of Flt Lt's standing around with no commensurate responsibility yet bathing in the glow of the undeserved rank.
Better yet, and the thing that seems to rankle you, is that the front crew
could equally well be SNCO's. The argument that one can't trust SNCO's with nuclear weapons is, frankly, downright insulting. I'd measure the loyalty and reliability of SNCO's against officers any day and wager there is no discernible difference. If front crew were, largely SNCO, we could, again see proper manning in the rank structure within units and again save money. (Funny how a Sergeant Pilot will work for Sergeant's pay but a Flt Lt of three years won't work for a FO's wages yet the nuclear weapons issue implies a greater level of commitment on the part of Officers isn't it?).
The only reason why the RAF don't want SNCO pilots is because it "degrades" the officer pilot's position on the basis that, really, "anyone" can do it.