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Old 21st Apr 2008, 20:57
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Engineers are normallly commisioned officers (Ground) with degrees
Correct

technicians are ground NCOs
Correct - although the branch was once known (correctly) as the Technical Branch, it was later re-named (wholly incorrectly) as the Engineering Branch

and Flight Enginneers are normally SNCOs who monitor Nimrod systems, in flight.
They are Air Engineers, commissioned or non-commissioned and they do considerably more than 'monitor' systems.

The common denominator is that all are skilled professionals who work together within their distinct fields of specialisation as a team with a common goal.
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