CHANING TIMES
You may feel that the service is way behind the times but there has been change over the years and sometimes the changes have been improvements
A navigator on my squadron in the sixties was court martialled and thrown out for failing to attend a dining-in night
The rational behind it seemed to be; if he won't turn up to eat with you will he be steady in war. My reaction was if he feels the dining in nights are less important than his other undertakings he may be a man of high principle who will be very steady when required.
Anyway he was out and we lost a competent nav