Flap,
If all we did was carry out the wishes of our Officers, the RAF would be up before the European courts so often, we'd have a 'Closed' sign on the door. We are often advising you lot how things are allowed to be done on this Planet. When we are enforced to carry out a wish of an Officer against our better judgement and it goes badly pear shaped (As often happens), I've never seen any Officer who will be accountable for his/her decisions.
Gone are the days when they were respected for their integrity and honour and if they messed up they would resign their commission before they were strung up(Hi Uncle Peter). You've got to earn it now.
It's the SNCOs who are the go betweens. You don't deal with the Junior Ranks directly and they don't deal with you directly. You should try to be in the middle of Junior Ranks and Junior Officers - Creche with attitude matey.
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