Considering that the Battle of Britain was mainly won by NCO pilots flying Hurricanes (as opposed to the myth of Officers flying Spitfires) and many of the RAF heavy bombers in WW2 were flown by an entire crew of NCOs, past history would indicate that anyone in the RAF who thinks you have to be an officer to be a pilot is either severely deluded or a very senior officer (actually those two are often one and the same in my limited experience) - and that's from a still serving crab!
The all officer thing is a throw back to the age of the "deterrent".
Last edited by Biggus; 6th Jul 2012 at 16:23.