Airman Tendencies - "Plastic Sgt coffee boys" etc etc.
Samuel, thank you for explaining the ten years without promotion. I have replied to the PM sent to me by Pontius Navigator and he is well informed as to my thoughts regarding some of his comments. I understand some of the references to "Plastic Sgt's" in airman aircrew roles, however I can assure those who care that many of those "Plastic Sgt's" may not have had time in other areas of the service before graduating for their particular role, but they most certainly would have earned their rank by completion of their basic and specialist training. As for myself, I was a ground engineer who had nearly 12 years in the trade and had been a substantive Sgt for two of those years before I trained as a F/E. Those of my era had similar experience. Despite that fact, there were some in the Sgts' Mess who looked upon me and my peers as "five minute wonders" when we entered the Mess with brevets in place. Thankfully, as others have stated on this forum, most clear thinking people accept that the forces are made up of people of all ranks who all deserve the respect and support of their fellow servicemen and servicewomen. Class has no place in a modern force, respect is what is required. Finally, for airpolice, how many of those NCO pilots who were granted SNCO rank at graduation from pilot training, the same men who fought to save Britian and many of whom paid with their lives, would you have denied entry to the Sgts' Mess?
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