WARMINTHEMIDDLE
"However, there are AEO flying duties that have no direct read-across from the AEOp duties (MR2 - including captaincy, R1 – including Mission Cdr and E-3D – including Tac Director/Weapons Controller) and cannot be filled by AEOps fulfilling duties on the same platforms"
Why not ? No reason why they couldn't do these 'AEO' jobs with new 'empowerment' of MACR etc. In fact many AEOps could probably do a better job !
Typed with an English accent, H-R