But the word 'aviator' suggests that everyone is a pilot, of course.Not sure if their ranks of Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman and Leading AC/ACW will change as well, like ours did.
RAAF marks centenary by dropping gendered ‘airman’ term in favour of ‘aviator’
There has been a strong push in Britain, the United States and Australia during the past five years to change the language used in defence forces.www.smh.com.au
Or at least some brand of aircrew.
I do not get wrapped up in titles and names too too much. Given it is a rank, rather than a function, I have zero issue with it.But the word 'aviator' suggests that everyone is a pilot, of course.
I can see some ego trampling coming up fast
The hilarious part to me is that the RAAF ranks for 2Lt and Lt equivalent are Pilot Officer and Flying Officer regardless of trade, but no one seems bothered about that.But the word 'aviator' suggests that everyone is a pilot, of course.
I can see some ego trampling coming up fast
It doesn't affect my day to day life one bit and once it became official it was a moot point but the choice of aviator as a replacement for either private or airman shows how messed up our process is. First of all, as Pilots and ACSOs make up the vast majority of our officers the odds of someone not knowing that an aviator is one who aviates, or in other words one who flies a plane or other aircraft, seems quite low. Second, it seems likely they spent a ton of person hours and probably a few expensive in person round tables to hash this out but the perception is the meeting went something like this: