Originally Posted by
Melchett01
Then again, if you were feeling very brave or speculative, you could always go FC and pray that the RAF follows the USAF route and makes all its Sentinel mission controllers FCs as per the USAF's JSTARS
Has the RAF embraced E3 FC as a proper job? A while back it was seen as a diversion from the real FC world underground. An FC had to serve a sentence at Neat or wherever before getting an E3 slot if actually aircrew fit.
There was then no promise that they would remain within the AEW Force and retain their flying pay. I know that many did indeed manage extended 'detachments' to the AEW Force but often at the expense of promotion.