Originally Posted by
xenolith
I understand that 'he who must be obeyed' at a fast jet training station, somewhere in NW Wales, has instructed all of the FJ students to write to him explaining why they should be retained in the service.
Actually sounds like a good scheme.
Suppose he is required to write up all the pilots and has only limited knowledge of some. It gives them the chance to tell him something he does not know.
I used the same ploy for many annual reports. No matter how much you know someone at work there is even more that you don't know. The latter may be deliberate however when it comes to retention or release your extra curicular activities might make a difference.