The picture of the crew at Akrotiri seems to add credence to a rather scurrilous rumour, told to me by a colleague who knew Capt Scott in his civilian incarnation. Allegedly the soon-to-be DFO was rather too portly to be accepted as an RAFVR officer and thus was allocated a personal trainer by Air Tanker in an effort to make him slightly more svelte. Keep up the good work sir!
In my (limited) experience of DFOs, it's well worth rostering a training captain to go flying with them, just to try to keep them out of trouble, and not always successfully. I do hope that Captain Wales enjoyed his flight home.
Note to DFO and Air Tanker
PR department [Pedant alert]:
It is the Civil Aviation Authority, not Civilian Aviation Authority. Are you really sure that you did your proving flight to Reykjavik airport (BIRK longest runway 5141') rather than the slightly larger Keflavik which is far more suited to A330 operations?
(Ex)Tristar FO