Jack and Brian,
Read somewhere that even the most radid feminist WREN acknowledged that, although they were an integral part of the Ship's Company, if there were (say) a fire in a ship's compartment, they would unceremoniously be bundled out of the way to let the matelots get in to fight it.
Brian,
...To my mind a control tower is the only place to be!...
A man after my own heart ! (MPN11, it's two to one) .
Danny.