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Old 13th Nov 2007, 16:05
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ZH875
 
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Originally Posted by tridit
Last I saw there were 399 Gruop Captains so that means almost one in every 100 will be at least a 4ringer add in ranks above and not many worker bees left
Figures from the RAF List on the RAF website reveals the following Numbers and Ranks in the RAF:

3 Air Chf Mshl
9 Air Mshl
25 AVM
82 Air Cdre
258 Gp Capt
1265 Wg Cdr
2559 Sqn Ldr
4261 Flt Lt
386 Fg Off
65 Plt Off

872 OCdt

1 Chpln Chf
1 Prncpl Chpln
23 Revd (Wg Cdr)
32 Revd (Sqn Ldr)
5 Revd (Flt Lt)

Not counting the OCdt, the total is 8975, so in a force of 40,000, almost 1 in 4 is an Officer, and each Officer has an average of 3 people to 'manage'.

With 62 Revd ranks, means each sqn could have a couple of Reverends each.!!!
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