although Hachet Harry may just be fishing.
Not at all, I'm just pointing out the elephant in the room.
the RAF must come up with an 'equivalence' proposal which can ease transition to civil flying.
Tripe! Why?
The boarding requirement for QHI's applying to CFS(H) was lowered from Above Average to High Average a couple of years ago.
A looooong time ago. c1997 actually.
Like I said, I didn't intend to come over as heartless, but at the same time, I'm not a politician, so don't have to say just what people WANT to hear. As Geehover pointed out, it most certainly is a different Air Force to the one we joined; certainly more corporate, financially and capability aware. We would love to think that the Services still offer a career for life. Sadly few if any careers these days do. We can either whine about it and consider ourselves hard done by, or we can accept the reality and embrace the opportunities that change offers.