Originally Posted by
Easy Street
That only works if you lower the entry bar to PAS to encourage waverers to stay. That could be done, perhaps, but it might not be in the RAF’s best interests. The supervisors need to be suitably capable as well as experienced.
For someone who apparently ‘just wants to fly’ you seem to be very interested in the long-term financial considerations associated with it, and the management problems facing future commanders too! Certainly to a depth beyond anything OASC will question you on. I knew nothing of the finer points of PAS (etc) when I went, and have never seen such topics mentioned in the interviews I’ve been fortunate enough to observe as a guest in the course of my duties. Time for action rather than more research?
Easy Street - if BVRAAM is who I think he is, then he has befriended many FJ pilots (current and ex) on Facebook, many who have since unfriended him (me included). I tried calling him out earlier in this discussion. He has spent about the last 5 years coming up with bogus opinions on just about everything! The most recent is today:
Do you think 6 years return of service for a fast jet pilot reflects the considerable cost (approximately £4.5m) to train them?
That is so far wide of the mark with respect to trg costs. Then there was the “7 year holds” mentioned this week - also nonsense.
BVRAAM - do us all a favour matey. Go get yourself tested at OASC and put us out of our misery! Please stop quoting stuff as if you know what your talking about; it doesn’t work here and it certainly won’t work at OASC. If you persist at that I suspect they will show you the door before the afternoon is out!