AA
As you say - CAA not military!
BP
Does it really matter? I do not deny that the taxy phase requires just as much care, and if you are taxying your small military aircraft around a major international airport, probably more!!
As to just because the CAA do it that way is that really enough reason for the RAF to change the way they have always done business? To me you are arguing for one of those "change for changes sake" situations. Do the RAF
need to change they way they do business? What is the benefit? None. Unless you want to argue that it makes it easier for RAF pilots to gain a few extra hours in the log book - which we are all entitled to when applying for a licence anyway!! Anyone who has done a half decent length of time in the RAF will have racked up more than enough hours not to worry about it!!
