Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
Annoyingly, some staff seemed to live a charmed life when it came to “perks” like leave. I wasn’t amongst them.
Having taken my option at my upcoming 38 point, my previously impeccable but final F1369 report was altered to include a “2” out of 9 for loyalty because the small minded, peevish Staish was apparently so annoyed that I chose to leave during his watch, albeit perfectly iaw the terms of my commission, rather than take up the RAF’s offer of Specialist Aircrew.
You were far from alone here. HM Gulag St Athan...applied, and accepted for, 22 years, which meant you had to be fit and qualified for, further promotion.
Once this was confirmed, in goes the escape route application for a posting....
however, such was the malice directed at anybody who didn't serve their sentence...the minimum term was about 3 years, some being very happy to convert this to life, and after being "advised" to retract my posting request, they produced something called an "X" annotation, never heard of this before, and, oh look, as you are "M.U. trained," off you go to 71 MU....who were genuinely annoyed, because, the Gulag had also dropped my assessments ...in the space of about two months. .
They did the same to at least three other people who wanted to get back into the RAF...rather than clock on / have monthly haircut parades in the hangar / along with pickaxe guard....which, came round " on a more than regular basis" for those of us who had made it clear we didn't join for any of the above reasons . You might have thought representing the RAF in the Inter Services gliding would have been looked on favourably....not a cat in hells chance as three of us discovered ...quite the reverse in fact !
As for CS claims, an individual I took over from kindly told me what I could claim for when I attended conferences etc as he, it seemed, felt it essential he attended as many as possible. Given these conferences / meetings were of no use, or value, to me, or the recipients thereafter, I smiled... nicely (ish)....and ignored his advice. I understand, after he left, an audit of his travels and claims was "revealing ". ...