Biggus.
No, there will continue to be a trickle flow of NCA who are commissioned to provide a management/crew leader structure in all current fleets as required.
A future maritime fleet would commission from within trade rearcrew operators at a similar annual trickle rate, I would suggest.
There are still several hundred WSOs employed in the RAF, some of us under the age of 40 - shock/horror!
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