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Old 11th Apr 2009, 19:06
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davejb
 
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I think ZH875 has a good idea there,
doing station guard for a short period would probably go a long way to encouraging the empathy or understanding that some JO's lack...without actually taking too much time up from what is otherwise a busy schedule getting the JO into productive service.

'Airman tendencies' is a very unfortunate choice of terminology that reveals an underlying class bias that has no place in any professional organisation, or any organisation that hopes to appear professional anyway . That doesn't mean that everyone who uses the phrase is actually biased in this manner, but it's most assuredly a danger signal... put it another way, back in 1970 you could get away with calling somebody a 'nigger' ('Love Thy Neighbour' even made, God help us all, a comedy series out of this). Today nobody would dream of using that word, unless they were a genuine dikchead looking for broken teeth... one day 'AT' will be seen for the demeaning, worthless label that it is.

Has it ever crossed the minds of the AT label bestowing blockheads that somebody with these tendencies (whatever they might be) could perhaps adapt over time, becoming much more the sort of chap one wants in the mess etc etc. whilst retaining their inate intelligence (and, if we are talking ex SNCO, low cunning) but a fukcwit with good manners will always be a fukcwit? I'd rather train up a bright huy with rough edges than a numpty who was never baffled by the sight of three different forks - perhaps OASC/IOT ought to be looked at for 'elitist tendencies'?
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