Dominator2,
Apologies for my poor, ambiguous use of a coloquialism. In stead of '.. both sides of the fence ..' I should have said '.. between the two units that were responsible for F3 T&E at the time ..'.
I am quite happy to discuss personally with you the communication problems at the time, although I will say that during the latter stages of my tour on FWTS during the run-up to Op Granby things improved significantly and by talking we helped each other.
I agree that there were some personalities around at the time who felt that their flying was 'being stolen' or that 'they should be giving the R to S recommendations' but please understand that these were more personality issues and did not reflect an overall belief within FWTS; I certainly was not one who subscribed to that philosophy.
Rgds
L