AA
I might be being a snob but if you haven't passed Pre-Para or P-Coy then you can't wear wings...
Unfortunately, the Royal Air Force doesn't agree with your viewpoint.
PA
Any chance of a female Walt or is there some bizarre way RAF chap/chapettes wear Para wings without doing the selection course and bluffing the jumps phase?
QR(RAF) 435 only stipulates that the individual has to pass either the Basic Parachuting Course or the SF Parachuting Course and then serve in an established post attracting either para or PJI pay to be entitled to wear the prachute badge (with wings). Although some elements of the Armed Forces require Pre-Para or P-Coy prior to undertaking the Basic Parachuting Course it is not a course pre-requisite.
Those that complete the Basic Parachuting Course but do not fill an established post attracting para/PJI pay should only wear the parachute badge (without wings).
:Geek mode on:
Back to the original subject individual then, it would appear that:
a. PJI brevet is worn correctly iaw QR 435 (3) and
AP1358 Chap 7 Para 0712.
b. ‘Badge, arm, parachutist (with wings)’ is worn correctly iaw QR 435 (1) and
AP1358 Chap 7 Para 0715.
c. PTI badge is not worn correctly as it should not be worn by WOs iaw
AP1358 Chap 7 Para 0736.
:Geek mode off:
It would appear that the standard of SWOs may well have dropped if we are letting our people appear incorrectly dressed before Royalty.