Aircrew trades ? With respect, throughout my career I always respected the Aircrew I worked with as occupying a proffesion, not a trade. I happily accept my own status as a tradesman, being by training an ex Halton apprentice Airframe Fitter ! My craft was well defined and boundaries dictated. What member of aircrew was ever restricted by "trade" boundaries ? Any fast jet pilot would have full responsibility the minute he took off on a sortie, as would all other Aircrew branches. Bit of a false argument to me, and it's not an "us and them", in 30 years I looked on the aircrew as the proffesionaly trained operators of the product of my, and my fellow tradesmens output. No disrespect to those who operate RAF aircraft from my opinion, but to be described as tradesmen seems a bit of an insult.
Smudge
