The old excuses of [high workrate] = [allow them to dress scruffy] no longer hold any water. With a shortage of airframes and sorties come a reduction in the pressing need for turnarounds which led to the Prima Donna techy breed who were even (almost) immune from the SWO as long as they could get the aircraft serviceable for a full wave in the morning.
can't help but feel there's maybe still a wee bit of a chip on the shoulder there airpolice.
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