Originally Posted by
Leon Jabachjabicz
Beags - yup.
The rumour is that it is a 1 or 2 year extension to the current commitment. I am surprised at this as I truly believe that some fresh minds are needed on this; ideally someone with a civvy gliding background. I still believe that his original recommendation to AOC 22 to 'pause' was right, but the recovery lost its way and the treatment of the volunteer staff appeared to be poor. So a fresh mind is needed in my humble opinion.
You've got to be kidding me. I realise that FTRS service with the Air Cadets is seen increasingly by the volunteer cadre as an old folks home for retired incompetents who wouldn't survive 6 months in the real world, but the delusions of adequacy this muppet harbours is truly next-level stuff.
My guess is that most of those volunteers who were willing to stay on through this spinning bow-tie extravaganza did so on the assumption that he was being quietly shuffled off to the glue factory in the next 12 months.