It’s not called a Black Velvet anymore. It’s been renamed The Grifter.
I call it “far more than I am willing to spend on a single drink”.
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What’s WORAFAC?
The Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets. Like a Command Warrant Officer of the entire Civil Air Patrol Cadet Division in yank speak.
Most Senior Adult SNCO in the Organisation.
So kind of like the National Command Chief of the CAP?
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Ah so basically the National Command Chief for the CAP. Thanks, and congrats @AlexCorbin !
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But only for cadets, yeah. I didn’t realise you guys didn’t have a WO in that position, seem they’re a Master Sergeant
It’s weird in the CAP, TECHINCALLY we have Flight Officers, but they’re a Senior Member role and at least my wing doesn’t have any.
Sort of, except warrant officers aren’t NCOs.
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Linguistically they are but when did things in the military follow logic (like how rank naming conventions doesn’t follow across all services - yes I know the answer is usually “history” but the quirks are what makes it interesting)
Warrant officers are promoted exclusively from the SNCO ranks and, like NCOs, they are enlisted rather than commissioned: but why would you define holders of royal warrants by something they don’t have?
It would be like calling all officers below air commodore ‘non air officers’ (NAOs).
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But non air officers isn’t a term, NCO is. The term NCO existing makes it binary, there are non commissioned officers and commissioned ones
I didn’t make the term NCO 
Like I said, a linguistic quirk but yes, WO’s aren’t NCO’s
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