" Ah the much lauded RAF Apprenticeship scheme. 3 years at Halton learning a whole load of crap you would never encounter in your RAF service career"
Really ?...the R.A.F Apprenticeship scheme was recognised as being one of the best in the UK for the depth and quality of the engineers it produced over the years.
I will agree that some of the content was irrelevant, but overall, the syllabus proved it's worth many times over in the R.A.F and as a civilian.
Most, if not all, of the crap was associated with the BS / synchronised walking and associated bolleaux seen as being somehow integral to becoming an engineer.