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In the transport world, 'Green Shield' referred to young chaps with university degrees who after South Cerney/Church Fenton spent 6 months as Plt Off, 9 months as Fg Off and then became Flt Lts without having to take the B exam' - the latter promotion coming while they were still in the training machine.
A source of great contention and irritation to those of us, particularly Fg Off captains, who although second tour were junior to brand new first tourers. Why the RAF gave seniority to someone who had never worked before joining and perhaps had a degree in 'underwater basket weaving' or some other useless subject, was a mystery to many of us.
Re VC10 commands the phrase used by us was, 'Are you a real Sqn Ldr or a VC10 captain?'.
Last edited by Brian 48nav; 3rd Jul 2015 at 15:53.
Reason: incorrect months