Originally Posted by
Genstabler
NutLoose
Chips on shoulder evident as usual in Nutty's posts.
There is good reason to be cynical about the civilian awards, especially the political ones, but I can't see how awarding the loo cleaner a gong would improve the system.
As far as the military are concerned, however, I believe the system is as fair and reasonable as it can be, and nothing like as Nutty depicts it. Of course there is always an element of luck, right place, right time etc. All I can say is that the military awards to three generations of my own family were well deserved and hard earned, as were those of all my other military acquaintances.
Fair and reasonable? If that is the case why do 95 odd % of the honours go to Officers (Commissioned and Warranted?) Are you really saying that in majority of the Royal Air Force there aren't people deserving? Or is it as has been alluded to a case of people neither being able to or bothered to write up juniors?