Is RAF training all it's cracked up to be...?

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13th Dec 2013, 16:58

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kintyred

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Misread the phrase there....I thought it said "Military Chiefs' course". Having served under a few I was inclined to agree!

17th Dec 2013, 16:07

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was it ever possible for a pilot to have a career purely as a co-pilot and never actually gain a captaincy?

At the Centre of SAR Excellence, circa 2003, there was COLA (the Co-pilots' Liberation Army) as a nod to the FOLA from NI days. But noone actually spent a career as a co-pilot...the post of Co-pilot Leader was handed on as each incumbent either got Captaincy or a 1021...