Maybe different for Ossifers, but at Valley in 1974 I was a provisional licence holder and regularly drove Rover 1 on the airfield while waiting for my driving course at St. Athan.
Yes Air Police, I think the threats I was talking about above did only apply to officers, at least that's how I recall it. I presume that if I might risk opening a completely different can of worms, higher standards were expected of officers than non -commissioned ranks (don't blame me, that's just how things were).
Which sort of brings us back to the original point. With the RAF shrinking rapidly and queues for commissions stretching round the block, is there any point in accepting anything other than the very highest standards? And if that makes me sound holier than thou, Shy Torque, I guess I'll just have to live with it.