Project TITAN for Warrant Officers - will the ATC follow a similar format

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I hear that the ATC will follow Project Titan in a way… WO’s getting recognition when commissioning - anyone else heard anything? Ranking as follows;

WO with 5yrs - FO
WWO - Flt Lt
RWO - Sqn Ldr

could ruffle feathers…

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Sounds dumb to me. Why on earth would a WO want a commission? :wink:

BSF, surely Sqn Ldr would be out of the question as it is role-based only. Flt Lt could be stretching it too as I don’t see a few (or sometimes quite a few) years as a WO as being quite the same in reality as a decade or so with a commission.

Some sort of recognition is probably a good idea though - how about Fg Off once OIC completed, or a couple of years superiority?

And don’t base it on WWO/RWO: these are just specialist roles and have less inherently to do with being in an officer role than the standard role of many squadron-based WOs may have. Time of service and role on squadron is probably more relevant.

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i thought there already was a “fast track” for a WO anyway who went commission?

or at leats rather than 2 years FO and 10 Flt Lt it was shorter???

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Once commissioned, a WO(ATC) can be promoted to Fg Off after one year rather than two. Further promotion to Flt Lt follows the normal route thereafter.

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Possibly for WOs commissioning the main reason is they are already OC Squadron, meaningafter OIC and OCs Course they would be Flt Lt anyway, which could be as little as a few weeks if they can go on almost consecutive courses.