Admin Guru..
I'm a little late to this one....courtesy of some ad hoc skiing up the road, so apologies if anyone has already pointed out that:
1. The RCAF no longer exists, nor has it done for about the last 30 years or so.
2. Not everyone in the CF (to give it the proper terminology) wears a trade badge - but you're right, many do.
3. Many pilots are pi$$ed off that "other aircrew" wear the full wing.
4. CF pilots get paid a different (higher) BASIC pay than the blunties, sorry, general list officers. This, of course, is pensionable.
5. The CF issue a rather natty set of metal wings, similar to those worn by the USAF, for aircrew to wear on their shirts, when blues is the order of the day. "Other" trades don't have these, just the cloth ones for wearing on one's general purpose jacket, and S3 (that's No1 to you) dress.
Right, now back to the next nine pages before I toddle off to Miami at the weekend.....
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