Originally Posted by
Tinribs
One of the events that made me decide to take my 38 was the way the 74ish redundancies were managed
There were plenty of takers for the Flt Lt slots so only volunteers needed to go. Very few takers for the Sqn Ldr slots so lots of selected people
The result of this was that idle Flt Lts stayed, Flt Lts who had worked hard, done a bit extra and just got promotion were dumped.
Tinribs, so true. I know one sqn ldr (mind you I was surprised he was promoted) who was ever so pleased he got his scraper yet within weeks he got his bowler hat. OTOH one of our gp capt was a very nice bloke so in the great scheme of things it was no surprise. He got his tour with sunshine airways and would have gone nowhere any way so he was probably both miffed he got picked and secretly pleased.