Update to my last!
Sources at grope tell me that there will indeed be a Mission Specialist for AAR Trails who will most probably be a mythical beastie called a WIZZO (or something like it). This will in fact turn out not to be an AEOp but, suprise suprise, a redundant three fixes and an area of uncertainty vendor.
Equally not suprised if the majority of the heads of sheds on this project have influence in this direction.
Wonder what the training cost differential is between training a Nav for the job, who is then b***dy useless at any other time and an ALM who can be used in the cabin when not required for AAR flight deck duties.
I hear the boys on the C17 and C130J are happy with their Mission Specialists!
