Originally Posted by Cambridge Crash
It was clear he was conscious of criticisms that could be levelled, ie allowing personnel off for a year 'when there was a war on' so he said 'if you want to see what the demands of leadership in the RAF are, look at our guys over Iraq', or words to that effect.
I have to agree with the 'critics on this one ... it's totally pointless developing the leadership skills of 'sportsmen' who are then unavailable when those leadership skills are in demand - ie, in time of war ... which (for some needs re-stating) is actually part of the job.
I for one get fairly annoyed at the annual mass exodus to the "Ski Champs" ... ON DUTY ?? How does that work? DUTY??