Myra
So am I to gather from your post that is fine for:
- The rest of the Stn to pick up all those duties (Orderley cpl/sgt/duty runner/guardforce etc.)
- The aircrew to do all of the 2nd'ry duties
- The Gov't to reneg on its front-line-first commitment
- The only overseas flying Sqn to lose it's miltary GC's - you do not see this as a retention problem?
Nobody on this forum has said anything to disparage the civvy GC's - you seem to have grabbed this out of thin air. The point I made was that it is a stupid idea to civilianise the engineers in the first place - not a dig at the guys themselves - I thought this was obvious. Obviously not. Further, who has said that 84 will not be front-line when it gets civvies? I haven't read that anywhere. I think you are reaching for anything you can find to justify the unjustifiable.
I have yet to read anything on this thread to indicate that the civilianisation of a front-line Sqn is anything other than totally idiotic and incredibly short-sighted.
Oh well, only 18 months until the big payoff. Bag's already packed.
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