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Old 17th Mar 2002, 23:41
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jiffni
 
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Dunhovrin - I don't either, I am on it and it works fine for me. My point was that it is one of the few scores that the RAF beat the AAC in, within NI. With over 40 aircraft in NI, the AAC do the most flying. I think Army chaps have a problem with 21/7 for a few reasons. 1. They are not manned correctly to allow their aircrew to be on 21/7. 2. They consider themselves to be soldiers and would not feel comfortable looking over a pint at some other pongo who was actually working for a living. 3. To take one week off in 4 plus take annual leave allowance seems like a lot of time out of province, particularly when drawing NI pay. 4. Within the 'Joint' unit commanded by the Tesco manager there are aircrew on dissimilar systems and no one seems to have the nads to fuze the whole thing together in a JOINT outfit.
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