I hope the current "King Pins" of the RAAF have a better understanding of what the role of their crews are and what the crew requirements are to operate their aircraft. I recall around 1980 when a lot of Flight Engineers were leaving the RAAF a high ranking Officer stated, "Let them leave, we will operate the aircraft without them" when told a particular Squadron looked like not being able to meet their operational tasking requirements if they could not stem the tide of F/E's going to civilian operators. I also remember one CAF labeling those pilots leaving as "most being malcontents with little prospect of promotion", or very similar comment when asked if he was concerned at the exodus of the time. That was mid to late 1980's. Many of those "malcontents" had very successful civilian careers.
Last edited by Old Fella; 31st Mar 2017 at 08:17.
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