Strange Question: Test Pilots' Career Paths?
Hopefully I'll be forgiven for asking a couple of slightly left field questions immediately after joining the forum.
Partly "to get it out of my system" I'm working on an extended short story which I might eventually self publish. I'm developing the background of some of the secondary characters and am trying to find the answers to a couple of questions:
Would a test pilot be posted to 41(R) Squadron ?
Would a graduate of one of the service test pilot school, say ETPS or Istres, ever return to a front line squadron as a flight or squadron commander or would they remain in flight test roles?
Thank you