I was at Honington last week, and noticed the Regt now has L/Cpls - long overdue in light of its infantry role, and called for as long as I could ever remember.
Is the measure going to be rolled out across the RAF (will TSW etc introduce the rank with its 'detached' role?) and do L/Cpls have disciplinary authority over SAC(T)s? It seems that the introduction of L/Cpl devalues that Techie grade, so why not introduce it across the board - why mess about with the rank of SAC(T) in the first place?
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A good move then. But its probably a lot easier to justify making up a (relatively speaking, cheaper to promote and pay) Lance Cpl to Acting Cpl and excusing a cut in the training budget, than it is to make up an SAC to Acting Cpl, or to fund an SAC through expensive FT1 training, to then have him 'just' sit in a Stn Regt Flt.