Originally Posted by
Richard Dangle
Slow news day??
Maybe times have changed but back in 75 (oh lordy I'm old) I signed up for a job which entailed 356/24/7 working. Nobody forced me. It was a great job, well paid, many perks, tons of down time, couple of fire fights (something else I signed on for) and by and large I could leave when I wanted if the going got too tough. Which it never did (I was pulled out, not pushed out).
And now I'm enjoying a pension the likes of which 99% of folks in civvy street can only dream of.
Are the miltary working over christmas...I ****ing hope so!!! It's their job.
PS Worked 7 xmas days as far as I can recollect, one of which was spent looking for a missing trawler, which was already in port
If you can't take a joke etc etc...true in 75, still true today
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Times they have changed in the 45 years since. Much like they had changed in the 45 years prior to you joining. In my 14 years of service I have personally worked for 11 Christmases of those 8 of which have been deployed on operations far away from home. The Royal Air Force is a much smaller organisation now and even fewer pull their weight when it comes to deployments. Luckily you joined in the lazy 70’s.