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Old 30th Dec 2012, 14:50
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However, it's going to happen and it might not necessarily all be bad. Just different
there's no doubting it will be different but I wonder how many of those who want the jobs we have in the locations we are in will be terribly disappointed with what working for UKSAR on a shoestring will actually be like.

Miminal and temporary infrastructure, few perks and minimum flying hours for training, I suspect the shock might be just as big for those coming from existing civSAR flights as from the mil ones. Add in the pecking order of seniority within the company and the individual pay scales depending on how good a bluffer you are and it all makes for a jolly time.

Mobility of the workforce is one thing but if you have to live near your base then you have your other half to keep happy - what is the schooling like in Caernavon for instance? How much will you have to pay for a house in Aberdeen? Or St Mawgan?

Sadly it is all in the lap of the Gods (or rather the civil servants who think they are) and even if it doesn't work very well, the MCA PR machine will make it look like it does

We're all doomed!!!
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