The Brit Bretheren may be interested to know that a similar exercise has been played out with the RAAF and BAe (Aust) in basic training over the last four years, with joint civil Fis and QFIs. Before this, school standards were (as you could imagine) debatable with accountants presiding over what could only be described as a commercial facade, however the resulting painful process saw the school in question now pushed into one exclusively for mil trainees, and the overall product is sound. Ex mil QFIs are sought as civil staff, but the pay is not very competitive, and commercial pressures still keep niggling away. A little birdy whispered to me that RAAF/BAe had done a deal before the whole experiment started……….......…sound familiar?
[ 18 October 2001: Message edited by: Roller Merlin ]
[ 18 October 2001: Message edited by: Roller Merlin ]