I'm a VR(T) type, but I like to keep abreast of these things...
AFAIK Impiger is right - the RAFR(CC) is closed to new entrants ...e.g. in relation to the ATC, what few Wing ExO's have been recently appointed have been on Civil Service Military Support Function (MSF) TCOS, and subsequently commissioned into the VR(T) to give them an Air Force rank (MOD C2/Sqn Ldr equivalent, as previously explained by
Old Duffer).
In such circumstances, CS MSF appointees commissioned into the VR(T) would not even need to complete the VR(T) Officers Initial Cse, assuming they were ex-regular Offrs.
As I understand it, in RAFR(CC) days, unless you were an ex-reg Offr (and thus already completed IOT), one had to complete ROIT with the Auggies.
I'd also be keen to hear more about this
top_cover!
Cheers
Ash679