Originally Posted by
MPN11
Postings have always been a bone of contention, although in my case (65-94) they made a very sensible career ladder, for which I was grateful. I enjoyed 'round peg, round hole' for most of my time.
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As you may know my father was at Shawbury with Marshalls for twenty years -- much of which as Chief Pilot.
When the inspections came around the first topic of conversation would be retention.
My father's advice was abolish the supplementary list, allow pilots to continue to fly beyond age 38 subject to medical fitness, do not post just for the sake of rotation.
It seems his views eventually became 'current'.
There is amusing twist to my father's great age at Marshalls.
The Flt Lt posted to Shawbury to help with the conversion from mark 3 to mark 4 Jet Provosts in the early 1970's, was Bob Garlick. He was at school with me, albeit a couple of years older
