Cheekychimp.
Its hard to respond to your post. While you are correct that the RAF regiment do the same CFT as basic line infantry units (but also people like cooks, drivers, storemen and clerks) lets not forget that the CFT is just one test. A bog standard soldier should still be able to run 12 milers, and a bog standard booty will run a 30 miler.
I fully understand that many RAF regiment people still like the idea of the big three, but I have to say that in my experience an average gunner just isn't up to the level of an average infantry soldier.
It's great that you think pre para is equal to P company. I'd be interested to hear how many special forces types you know who say they found pre para harder than special forces selection. I've heard quite a few say that about P company. I think that when we get into a conversation about how gunners run the same test as a clerk in the Adjutant General's Corps we are on to a loser.
