Frankie
A very long time ago but I remember in the mid 70s a trawl for 4 erks to remuster as stenographer, they were looking for 3 SACs/JTs and one corporal, any trade. The deal was after training the SACs were promoted to flight sergeant and the corporal to warrant officer. Were you one of them? I often wondered what would have happened if I applied but was enjoying RAFG so much it would have been madness to have left it.
I met one of them at Laarbruch on a Bucc pilot's CM. The stenographer was on Rate 4s everywhere; as a 22 year old FS he wasn't welcomed in his mess.