C-130J broken engines?
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Boy am I pleased I never got streamed multi's.
You guys never give up do you.
What a $***e impression you lot give to all the non Lyneham readers/posters in this forum.
I put it down to bitterness at you all loosing your extremely productive "trainers"!
You guys never give up do you.
What a $***e impression you lot give to all the non Lyneham readers/posters in this forum.
I put it down to bitterness at you all loosing your extremely productive "trainers"!
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Well if it's any consolation, as someone who has been hauled several places down the back of a herc (and if I have been a really lucky boy on the bunk), I think you guys offer a top service regardless of whether you have external fuel tanks or not.
I can almost re-taste your Belize lobster thermidour....hmmmm
I can almost re-taste your Belize lobster thermidour....hmmmm
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I agree that the pathetic J/K bitching on this, and other, threads puts Lyneham in a very poor light. But this is just the whining of the minority. Fortunately, the majority of people at that great 'secret airbase' banter eachother but its nothing more than that. The grown ups amongst us know that we are actually on the same side - shock horror!
Nonetheless, please have some sympathy with the 'great unwashed of Wiltshire'. We are neither very glamourous nor punchy (no, really!). Our ac are just 'hanging in there' - either 'cos they are old and sh@gged or because they are new and sh@gged! We never make the headlines as we are just boring old truck drivers who smell a bit and no-one wants to get too close too. No-one from on high ever sings our praises as no-one really cares much and we are apparently taken for granted by everyone. (All together now....ahhhhh!)
However, over past few years, the guys and girls at Lyneham have been asked to do rediculous things for which they couldn't train and for which the ac were not properly prepared nor protected. They are constantly being asked to do more with less. But we have done it (J and K) and continue to do it in as professional manner as possible - because that's just what we do! Things are changing at Lyneham with the arrival of the CMk3a, a new training regime and the J guys are at last getting to play with their new toy in the Tac AT environment. Things might be on the up but there is only so much cr@p guys can take - so when the airlines start to recruit (sooner than PMA think) - people will undoubtedly vote with their feet. This is predictable but I can't blame them.
In the end, it has been an absolute priviledge to work with the people from Lyneham (and not just aircrew'). They are the pick of the crop - and you will not find a more dedicated bunch professionals in the RAF. No other fleet has achieved so much with so few assets and of that, they can be very, very proud
(p!ssing oneself in a dark suit, perhaps??).
Flipster - proud to be a truckie and proud to have served
Nonetheless, please have some sympathy with the 'great unwashed of Wiltshire'. We are neither very glamourous nor punchy (no, really!). Our ac are just 'hanging in there' - either 'cos they are old and sh@gged or because they are new and sh@gged! We never make the headlines as we are just boring old truck drivers who smell a bit and no-one wants to get too close too. No-one from on high ever sings our praises as no-one really cares much and we are apparently taken for granted by everyone. (All together now....ahhhhh!)
However, over past few years, the guys and girls at Lyneham have been asked to do rediculous things for which they couldn't train and for which the ac were not properly prepared nor protected. They are constantly being asked to do more with less. But we have done it (J and K) and continue to do it in as professional manner as possible - because that's just what we do! Things are changing at Lyneham with the arrival of the CMk3a, a new training regime and the J guys are at last getting to play with their new toy in the Tac AT environment. Things might be on the up but there is only so much cr@p guys can take - so when the airlines start to recruit (sooner than PMA think) - people will undoubtedly vote with their feet. This is predictable but I can't blame them.
In the end, it has been an absolute priviledge to work with the people from Lyneham (and not just aircrew'). They are the pick of the crop - and you will not find a more dedicated bunch professionals in the RAF. No other fleet has achieved so much with so few assets and of that, they can be very, very proud
(p!ssing oneself in a dark suit, perhaps??).
Flipster - proud to be a truckie and proud to have served
flipster,
" a new training regime"
Again? What is it now, another reinvention of the wheel, resurrection of 57? an OCU.......................
" a new training regime"
Again? What is it now, another reinvention of the wheel, resurrection of 57? an OCU.......................
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speaking of Lynnam.
Did the newly ex-exchange pilot with Aus get home safely and get back to work??? He's personally responsible for causing a Guinness shortage in northern Australia.
Did the newly ex-exchange pilot with Aus get home safely and get back to work??? He's personally responsible for causing a Guinness shortage in northern Australia.
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Leaving speech? - I've gone!!
While I miss Albert and the people on the Sqns,
I don't have to carry the Sqn mobile around for 6 mths of the year,
I don't have to work against Arsecot Ops anymore,
My blood pressure is down and I've lost a bit of weight,
I know in adavance what I'm doing EVERY w/e with my family,
I still fly and instruct most weekdays,
I can go on courses,
I can 'do' sport (not v often, of course)
In short, I have a life again......bl00dy magic!!
Proone
I will be amazed if new trg plan gets okayed by 2 Grope but it will provide a more useable and operationally focused output standard from the OCU and TTF - esp wrt what we actually do in war. The system could and should work but only if the guys/gals are given the assets and a/c and provided the right people stay around or get posted in/back........ah, um there could be a problem there, as that would require Grope-on-a-Rope and the Personnel Mismanagement Agency to talk to eachother (doh)!
P-a-F
I believe said Irishman and part-time antipodean is alive and well and back in the area!
Leaving speech? - I've gone!!
While I miss Albert and the people on the Sqns,
I don't have to carry the Sqn mobile around for 6 mths of the year,
I don't have to work against Arsecot Ops anymore,
My blood pressure is down and I've lost a bit of weight,
I know in adavance what I'm doing EVERY w/e with my family,
I still fly and instruct most weekdays,
I can go on courses,
I can 'do' sport (not v often, of course)
In short, I have a life again......bl00dy magic!!
Proone
I will be amazed if new trg plan gets okayed by 2 Grope but it will provide a more useable and operationally focused output standard from the OCU and TTF - esp wrt what we actually do in war. The system could and should work but only if the guys/gals are given the assets and a/c and provided the right people stay around or get posted in/back........ah, um there could be a problem there, as that would require Grope-on-a-Rope and the Personnel Mismanagement Agency to talk to eachother (doh)!
P-a-F
I believe said Irishman and part-time antipodean is alive and well and back in the area!
