Thanks guys for the advice , i know doing education is frowned upon in our shift at work. I got a few years left and it would be nice to take advantage of an allowance that the government rates so highly but simple fact is we are not allowed to spend it being first line squadron. Ask any liney out there education is like sport you do when you get chance , chance is like 1 time in a year. So it may be portrayed like all aircraft techies get time off to do expeds and sport , in my time over nearly 2 decades i am not allowed to have fun things like sport. Time awaty from work means jets dont fly