Ah yes, the Observer - isn't he the one who runs the entire ASW/AAW/ASuW battle from the air for up to 6 hours, while prompting the trained monkey up front to take his fuel checks, monitor his Ts & Ps and not overtalk the radios, and then finds his own way back to a moving runway in the middle of the sea, in IMC, without pigeons, conducting his own instrument approach to land because the Ship is EMCON and radio silent?
I'm sure all those pilots there feel fully justified in their extra £3 per day enhanced rate of flying pay, since they get to do all those ground runs.
