Signed the dotted line 6th June 1972, arriveing at Swinderby a couple of days after, 6 weeks later and well practiced at polishing floors with a bumper, we were let loose for a few days before I headed off to Saint Athen for 12 weeks to become a baby rigger, cannot remember AAM number, but our posting date on completion was 1st November.
6 years later I was back in the training mode, this time at Halton, AAF24, I do remember that the FT's were not too popular as we had experiance of the real RAF and did not respond how apprentices did.
Example :- 1st day in classroom reading corrosion booklet, Flt Lt walks through the door ( recognised as ex Ch Tech from Saints
), he asks who was senior man, and askes him what normally happens when an officer enters the room, everybody thinks that for his rank - nothing, but he has other ideas, first of many bo((okings that we got over the next 6 months, but we all got through
.