Flt Lt Mac
Seems we have a lot more in common that we thought. My old man was also in the RAF and I first landed (at the age of 8) at Gan in 1968. I will regret this but I was scared $h!tless about going on a VC10. My dad was so proud when I went to work on them 10 years later.
As for your degree....can’t fault it. I learnt on a C64 and a 286 (well before Pprune ).