Admittedly, this was back in the day when it was known that it was the wife who got you promoted....it was her career to smooth the path of yours. I stayed as a Flt Lt!
Indeed! Towards the end of my service, a new Boss arrived on the Sqn. At the due time, he called me in to his office to debrief me on my "Annual Confidential Report". Towards the end of the debrief he began to pass comment on my wife's contribution to the station.
I had never known this before in almost twenty years of service and said I thought it inappropriate to comment on my wife because hadn't joined the RAF. If he wanted to pass further comment, I should be allowed to fetch her in, to listen in person. He took a deep breath, shuffled his papers and passed no further comment in that respect. But from his set jaw I knew I wouldn't be getting promoted.
Another reason I knew it was time to go civvy.
