Whilst doing a Jetstream refresher course at Scargill International many years ago, I visited the Plastic Factory to chat with a chum who'd been on a previous aircraft type with me and was then on the staff.
Who, it has to be said, was indeed a wiry little porridge-w*g. But not the one so disliked by Seldomfitforpurpose! He I encountered about 20 years later - you have my sympathies.
What surprised me most were the bed packs - it was like a 1950s National Service billet. Complete with shiny lino floor which I wasn't keen to walk on as some poor sod would only have to polish it again. We hadn't even suffered such bull as Flt Cdts at the RAFC in pre-Green Shield days.
It didn't look like a fun place......
