Thread drift alert!
I did the BA apprenticeship in about 1982, think we were called TAB1/M. what a foundation for life. Today I fly the birds I was taught to fix, but its not so much fun! The final years of the course we went to majors/minors/T4. In Minors I really learnt the bird, @T4 I had so much fun every day I went home with a sore stomach from laughing!! Great guys working hard (sometimes!) playing harder!! All @20ish years! I look back with a smile.