I may no longer employ any of the technical knowledge I learned at Cosford to earn a crust,
As a still practicing rigger I do employ the tech knowledge combined with 40 odd years of experience...the aircraft I work on are 40 years old.
The legacy from Halton though is not merely technical - we were taught to think things out for ourselves and we were expected to be irreverent and individual.
We did have some tw@ts on the DI staff but generally they were very good - the DI staff and Flight Commanders were amazingly tolerant of our behaviour and some of the 'traditions' were highly amusing
