Whenurhappy -- #59
Wuh. Good point, well presented - but:
Young Bale probably wasn't "eloquent enough" but, equally, he probably wasn't well advised; or even advised at all.
As a senior officer you would expect to fight your corner and win, because you would make sure you were well briefed and because you had the resourcefulness to challenge the bureaucracy. Well done.
The average L Cpl (or for the sake of relating to military aviation: the average SAC) doesn't have your firepower. The average L Cpl does what he's told, because that's how he's trained, even when it comes to (amateur) summary hearings.
As a senior RAF officer you must have seen how compliant junior ranks are when faced with the boss in an orderly room. Very few contest the evidence; very few deny the so called offence.
Oh boll...s I've suddenly run out of motivation. I'm going to lie down in a dark room