Charliegolf
You are right mate. I was a flight commander at Hereford in the early 70's. My blokes varied from thrown out of home so might as well join the services RAF sounds easier than working to bright sparks who would succeed anywhere. I even got a few commissioned one of whom made wing commander
If we are not to supervise this continual descent of kids into the underclass world of the social services and courts we must teach them two things;
1 improvement is possible,
2 it is smarter to claw your way upwards than to sit on your hands