ARTY
Your last diatribe would indicate that the only 'hang up' with officers seems to be your own personal angst. The RAF recruit officer only pilots, thats the policy, it works very well, get over it.
Pro Stude
Nicely put.
Could be the Last
As I see it officer rear crew will enter the melting pot on a Sqn and, on merit, compete for the SO2 slots with the front enders. If one of them is made SME for the rear crew NCA then that would be a good idea but I believe that the reincarnation of the old style crewman/loadie/rearcrew leaders is a non starter. However, if it did happen how much better would it be if a Sqn Cdr had a pool of officers to choose from.