They have, Bren. NCO Contollers hold the same validations as their commissioned colleagues, with the exception of 'supervisor' which is normally reserved for WO and above. NCO controllers are also called ATCOs.
With regard to my previous question of TheTiresome1's comment that "few RAF ATCOs are likely to go [to Aghanistan]"; in my experience, RAF ATCO's seem to be on about a 2 year turnaround for operational deployments. Might not be Afghanistan every time, but more often than not will be. And as for the "all over in 5 years"; well, pass me a bucket of salt
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Anyway, I won't have to worry about it any more. I'm off to join the rail industry
. Nice knowing you all, byeeeeee.
