Johni
Sounds like you have a personal tale to tell. What I said goes for all and I daresay you can find those that would want to include me in that.
If the QA process was a little less dysfunctional then those who can't teach would be given a little help - up the ladder or out the door
Nowhere man - I certainly wouldn't want to fight you over that assertion but that's enough self-incrimination for one day. Suffice it to say that whilst many a father's son got to the upper echelons in my day it was rarely a case that it wasn't earned. A little more meritocracy may have crept into the UK system since the days when we had more ships and aircraft than we have personnel today.
G.