HQ reports strong 'rumour' of a written statement from CAS provided during Army bloke's recent review into Harrier manning that says something like ...."the only RAF officers that have the intellectual capacity to make it to 3* and above are FJ pilots...". If this statement is true I
This sounds absolutely true ...and if it wasn't CAS then it was more than likely ACAS that said it or put CAS up to it. What other idiots would have started the battle with the RN in the first place...oh yes, the same fools who said flying at sea was easy!
Perhaps someone should do an FOI on the whole shambles.