Originally Posted by
Never Alert
Why no FCs at CY? Not sure however, keeping a CRC in Lincs has got to be a winner if we are to improve pilot/FC relations. I find the Typhoon guys quite receptive to debrief points (far more so than the F3 crews) & find that they offer very valid points back, which as a newbie, I always take onboard. It would be great to be able to do this on a face to face basis pre and post sortie, as it would massively increase the understanding between GCI & aircrew.
A couple of years ago (you'll be able to work it out) the story went that the Israelis had FCs on each sqn. Now when the Lightning deployed to Luqa the FCs also deployed to Magdelana but lived in the Luqa mess.
Similarly 56 Sqn and the FCs at Gata Radar were also colocated. Whether the FCs took an active role in the debrief I do not know.