In the late '70s, certainly there weren't many dyed-in-the-wool red-and-white QFIs at RAFC. Experience ranged from V-force to Lightnings, Sunderlands to Belvederes, Hunters to Canberras, Britannias to Beverleys - and pretty well everything else.
But as time went by, I expect that many QFIs' 'former types' were no longer in service and it's thus hardly surprising that some preferred to stay on JPs rather than go back to an OCU and onto a new type - if indeed they were given the chance. Rather a pity; when I was instructing at a UAS in the early '90s most of us wanted to escape Learning Command as soon as we could, although others preferred the airlines.
Last edited by BEagle; 15th Jun 2015 at 06:39.