shadowing officers on station during their day-to-day work. For 99% of them no flying is involved.
That's another big change then. On the UAS I flew Lightning, Jaguar, Wessex, Hawk (8 trips). I was given pole time on all of them, oh, and 2 weeks in Gibraltar - very educational. The 'shadowing' on my first attachment co-incided with a Squadron Boss's leaving do, so I had to spend my first 13 1/2 hours drinking
