Genstabler
My experience is dated; I flew V-Force in the '70's for 8 years and took redundancy in the clear out by Wilson's government in '76. I voluntered to leave as my experience as a green shield stamp (graduate) officer lead me to conclude that the RAF viewed me and other junior officers as resources to clean windows when the upper echelons visited and carry out any other menial tasks without question. I did not get a BSc in physics to clean windows. I did fly in an era when the RAF had the best engineering support you could wish for; each aircraft was owned by a crew chief, nobody other than qualified tradesmen touched the plane. Confidence in their skills and integrity was total. If only the RAFAT had the support I enjoyed all those years ago, perhaps we would not be posting on this today.