harrym:-
My later progress through pre-AFU, AFU, OTU, TSCU & GPU lasted about fifteen months; if not considered off topic, it can be made to appear here!
Just when I though I had all the cryptic initials sorted! Anyway, that's all bye the bye, so let me be the first to say, "Make it so!", having struck an imposing Jean-Luc Picard pose, and then spoilt it all by adding, "Pretty please!".
I'm impressed by the ease with which you might hitch a ride on one of Uncle Sam's Flying Machines so effortlessly. One of my duties as Deputy Adj on a FEAF squadron in the 60's was to fabricate 'orders' authorising 'official leave' which I covered and endorsed with every rubber stamp available in the office. A standard RAF leave form wouldn't get you the time of day, but 'orders', now they made all the difference!