Slight case of a thread hi-jack, but because its a related topic I thought I'd bung this in here instead of starting a new thread:
I just sat my FAT's yesterday at RAF Cranwell, and failed pilot but passed "reasonably well" for observer; so I'm trying to find out a little bit more about observer training, but there is precious little in the official RN literature.
As far as I understand, after the initial ten months basic officer training at Dartmouth, observers undertake a seven month basic navigation course followed by eleven months advanced/operational training, but where? Also I'm curious as to what the career prospects are for observers when they're in the mob and when they leave.
I really would like to forge myself a career as an aircrew officer, but cannot really seem to find much on observers, even after trawling a bit on here, so any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you!