A strong argument Danny, but, as an ex Erk myself, if the two winged master race weren't up there being hero's, it generally meant that as Aircraft fitters we were sent out to do, de icing, guard duties, anti terrorist foot patrols, with pick axe handles. Oh the variety of "keeping the Erks busy" that could be invented when the airfield became snowbound. Curiously, I never saw a pilot out shovelling snow, we even had to clear the squadron buildings for them, poor chaps to get to their coffee machines.
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