PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Officers guard duties.
View Single Post
Old 3rd Dec 2019, 18:38
  #8 (permalink)  
jayteeto
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Liverpool based Geordie, so calm down, calm down kidda!!
Age: 60
Posts: 2,051
Likes: 0
Received 17 Likes on 6 Posts
I was at Shawbury in the late 80s when it was decided to put trainee pilots and air traffickers on stag. When I pointed out that I had been an officer longer than OC GD Flt and OC PSF and they should do guard too it didn't go down well.
"They are proper officers, you are a trainee" was the initial response. That didn't go down well, I was married with kids and had been in the RAF for 9 years. My reply cannot be printed here, suffice to say that it involved multiple swear words and a promise never to do another SDO if I wasn't a 'proper' officer. We all ended up doing a couple of duties. I have no issues doing any task if it is being shared out in a fair way
jayteeto is offline