I heard at work today that we are short of aircrew Sqn Ldrs/Wg Cdrs (at least 60?) and it is the "penguins" that have swelled and are in need of culling!!!
I also heard that there is requirement for 4x OF-6 admin seccy types - there are more than 7, so I am told!
I believe this has occurred after the madness of a "Wg Cdr and above can do any job at that level" - the "guins" swelled in number to fill these leaving the aircrew short of available posts (unfortunately, some of these posts are for aircrew only!
). What a mess...
Standing by for an onslaught of fishy smelling guano!
The B Word
PS. Grimwesel, nice try. The 31,000 rumour started when people took 10,000 off of the current 41,000 strength. Unfortunately, the 10,000 is rumoured to be across defence (RN-heavy, Army-lite, RAF -heavy) so I understand that 37,000 is closer to the mark under "natural wastage" - no redundancy in the rumour I heard
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