But given the choice of NCO pilot in the AAC or rearcrew in the RAF I think most would rather stick with the RAF.
Really Door Slider, are you sure? Inter Service and trade banter is one thing, but you've got to make your points either funny or plausible. I suppose yours fits into the first category.
Crab I'm surprised by your stated opinions on this thread. As someone who worked with you during your 7 yrs with the AAC (and had great respect for you both professionally and socially) I thought you were above this type of pi55ing match. If we were so bad and you (crabs generally) were so good, why were you so content to keep extending your tour with us and therefore play a part in our poor standards?
I agree with earlier comments. We produced pilots that were good at doing what we needed them to do and yes we did raise our game with Apache. So much so that I would say that the first Apache Sqn were probably the best trained aviation unit that either service had ever produced (a big call, I know). The training was exceptional and as a result, so were the pilots.