Almost_done
Another interesting article. I tend to agree that a federation might be one of the few ways of recruiting, retaining and keeping the forces viable. We've always been presumed to be robots and to some degree that has to be the case, but an increasing number of issues seem to be swept under the carpet because we have no ability to represent our views and concerns.
Senior commanders cannot understand the daily pressures to achieve the task because it's not their job to manage at the coalface. A federation could shoulder the responsibility of the SO2 level who can, in real terms, change very little, nor give honest opinions without being labelled negative or trouble makers. The frustrated faces I see at work every day are increasing and across the ranks. And before anyone says 'its their job to flag-up problems', that would be why you bravely say that from behind a career-protecting pseudonym, right?
The 'success' of JPA should be a catalyst to asking questions about how we do business, before a similar 'success' is achieved with more life-threatening equipment, against a competent opponent.
We need to think the unthinkable...