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Call me an old cynic
, many do, but I see this new "wheel", as do many many others in a completely differant light to you.
It seems blindingly obvious to me that in order to fill all the "unpopular" seats first you need to initially remove an individuals right to select his/hers desired trade. By making everyone join as NCA then selecting their trade specialisation for them, irrespective of the individuals wishes, you are merely making the binsworth bods job easy and consigning people to jobs they really do not want to do. Not an ideal situation.
It's an established fact that recruiting guys for the kipper fleet is bl@@dy difficult and if I were a betting man then I would have my mortgage on the first bunch of poor misguided souls, anyone know a CIO that ever told the WHOLE truth
, will be destined for Ice Station Kilo, with many more to follow
As for the proposed chance to retrain...........pleeeease
Speak to the guys in the rotary world about how difficult it is to move across to fixed wing. You have to have either crashed or be on the long term sick list to escape, and this is primarily to do with manpower shortages but also to do with the cost involved with re-training.
Do you seriously believe that the poor soul who gets sent to the frozen north, spends two tours getting up to speed, is going to suddenly be offered the chance to become the Eng/Alm he always wanted......good grief
Just imagine you are a beancounter faced with the two following options:-
a We have an experianced kipper mate who wants to go Alm. We bring the next NCA thru as Aeop, long course at Cranwell followed by OCU followed by further training on the squadron. This allows our already experianced kipper mate to leave Kilo for Cranwell to start training as Alm, followed by OCu etc. This equals 2 Cranwell course, 2 OCU's etc etc etc
b We have experianced kipper mate who wants to go Alm. But if we bring the next NCA thru as ALM this only costs us 1 Cranwell course and 1 OCU etc.....................hum tough choice this one
Factor in all the admin charges, removals etc, involved with moving people from station to station and I am convinced the money will simply not be there. This is nothing more than a very clever move, by stealth, to get bums on seats and has nothing to do with empowering the individual with the opportunity to shape their future.
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced