You Have A Week
Thread Starter
You Have A Week
Just an idea.
The new CAS puts together a team to represent all areas of the RAF. The team is led by a Flt Lt and WO. The team consists of no more than 20 personnell and is designed to represent all ranks and trades. Your remit is within one week to give the CAS 5 ideas that would make the RAF a better force.
The new CAS puts together a team to represent all areas of the RAF. The team is led by a Flt Lt and WO. The team consists of no more than 20 personnell and is designed to represent all ranks and trades. Your remit is within one week to give the CAS 5 ideas that would make the RAF a better force.
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: with the magical bunnies of the sandy jellygum tree forest - yay!!
Posts: 31
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Guaranteed Force Multipliers:
1. Lap dancers at happy hour
2. On base Hooters
3. Daily ration of 'beater
4. An issue wife (to allow full effect of point 3)
1. Lap dancers at happy hour
2. On base Hooters
3. Daily ration of 'beater
4. An issue wife (to allow full effect of point 3)
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
1) re-open all the bases close to centres of population
2) close all the ones in the arse-end of nowhere
3) tell the people that complain about the noise to pis* off
result: RAF happier, general populus gets to see that we actually do something with their taxes
2) close all the ones in the arse-end of nowhere
3) tell the people that complain about the noise to pis* off
result: RAF happier, general populus gets to see that we actually do something with their taxes
1. Stop wasting money on female aircrew who get pregnant 6 months into their first tour.
2. With the money saved from item 1 recruit a bevy of attractive young women to act as typists. This would not only allow chaps to abandon their desks to go flying but would also provide the singlies with willing 'dates' for the Summer Ball!
3. Disband the Telephone Answering Branch, I'm sure they mean well but it doesn't really work does it?
4. Stop wasting time and money on political correctness unless you want re christen us the 'Are We Allowed To Do That' ? Force.
5 Allow service personnel to park within a reasonable walking distance of their place of work instead of giving priority to hire cars, workmen, gay disabled mothers etc.
2. With the money saved from item 1 recruit a bevy of attractive young women to act as typists. This would not only allow chaps to abandon their desks to go flying but would also provide the singlies with willing 'dates' for the Summer Ball!
3. Disband the Telephone Answering Branch, I'm sure they mean well but it doesn't really work does it?
4. Stop wasting time and money on political correctness unless you want re christen us the 'Are We Allowed To Do That' ? Force.
5 Allow service personnel to park within a reasonable walking distance of their place of work instead of giving priority to hire cars, workmen, gay disabled mothers etc.
Last edited by Specaircrew; 31st Mar 2005 at 13:26.
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: troon
Age: 61
Posts: 551
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
KPAX
Ok i'll bite since yours looks like a serious post.
What would you replace the hercs with?
1/2 agree with this one - A couple of wasp class type LHD's would do the job for STOVL a/c but if the UK went with CATOBAR then we need them (I'm assuming your RAF - well after the Falklands adventure I think it would be wise to have them dont you?)
HA HA HA HA HA HA - God your a comedian! do you know how much that would cost? 1st off the AAC - 90% non-comm aircrew so you'd have to commision all of them (Well the ones who didn't tell the RAF to foxtrot oscar - would be interesting to see how many would) any way that = £££££. Then there's the WAFU's. Absorb them into the RAF and the assets and all of a sudden you'd have a retention problem with guys and girls not wanting to go to sea. The spotty teenagers wont want to join the RAF for the same reason. Unless you meant equipment only in which case it may be a sound idea.
Now thats a good idea! and if we could expand the order for JSF then that would be nice too
Why? - From what my Brother tells me, its a sh1thole. Or are you a sun worshipper?????
Ok i'll bite since yours looks like a serious post.
1. Scrap A400M
2. Scrap new carriers
3. All BritMil air assets under RAF control
4. Buy more C17's
5. Move Valley to Akrotiri
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Posts: 31
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Here's an idea..............
Why not transfer everyone over to the Fleet Air Arm, and see how the other half live/work. Then, once the Crabs realise what a cushty life they lead and how little work they do, and how well they are supported, they may stop whinging about their lot in life. One week after being onboard, allow them the option of returning to the RAF. Everyone jumps ship (quite literally), and they are all happy again.
.......................................just a thought?
(Now running for cover, awaiting the inevitable backlash......)
Why not transfer everyone over to the Fleet Air Arm, and see how the other half live/work. Then, once the Crabs realise what a cushty life they lead and how little work they do, and how well they are supported, they may stop whinging about their lot in life. One week after being onboard, allow them the option of returning to the RAF. Everyone jumps ship (quite literally), and they are all happy again.
.......................................just a thought?
(Now running for cover, awaiting the inevitable backlash......)
The RN started doing this a couple of years ago, but with a smaller team getting together for a week and presenting their results to the Navy Board. Don't know whether it's still happening or if it has produced any results though.
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Great Britain
Posts: 471
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Give all Strike and Maritime a/c to RN.
Give all support helos and tactical lift to the Army.
Give Refuellers and Strategic transport to Virgin.
Let's face it we are almost there already:
All decent strike a/c will operate from CVF and be guaranteed a pretty invulnerable airfield near the scene of action.
All Support helos are already with the Army
Maritime a/c are intuitively with the RN as are SAR.
Give all support helos and tactical lift to the Army.
Give Refuellers and Strategic transport to Virgin.
Let's face it we are almost there already:
All decent strike a/c will operate from CVF and be guaranteed a pretty invulnerable airfield near the scene of action.
All Support helos are already with the Army
Maritime a/c are intuitively with the RN as are SAR.
Short Blunt Shock
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: UK
Posts: 631
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Give ALL air assets to the professional aviators (RAF), not Soldiers or Sailors with a part-time aviation hobby and a small flying club.
Don't put expensive and capable assets on an airfield that can sink. (invulnerable? Yes, so was the Titanic...)
WTF do the Navy know about operating a Strike ac, or mud-moving in general anyway?
16B
Don't put expensive and capable assets on an airfield that can sink. (invulnerable? Yes, so was the Titanic...)
WTF do the Navy know about operating a Strike ac, or mud-moving in general anyway?
16B
Join Date: May 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 224
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
"Don't put expensive and capable assets on an airfield that can sink. (invulnerable? Yes, so was the Titanic...)"
How many carriers have been sunk or heavily damaged enough to withdraw in combat operations since the end of WW2? Try zero.
How many fixed airbases have been attacked and aircraft facilities destroyed in same timescale? Try lots.
How many carriers have been sunk or heavily damaged enough to withdraw in combat operations since the end of WW2? Try zero.
How many fixed airbases have been attacked and aircraft facilities destroyed in same timescale? Try lots.
1) Give serving personnel generous tax breaks when serving abroard and at war (Like our Allies get!!)
2) Stop ripping the serving bods off in all locations abroard with those disgusting NAAFI / EFI prices..."its not my fault Im here in Iraq / Falklands. Don't give me the bull that you have paid extra shipping costs to get it here as more often than not its down the back of our aircraft / ship in to theatre!!"
3) Assure us that our pensions will be safe from tinkering. Look at the poor civil service who thought the same only to have theirs reduced from final salary to average earnings throughtout career this year.
4) Have a reporting system that instead of blowing smoke up your ar$e tells you exactly what is wrong with you or what you have to do to be promoted!! Ditch all the smoke and mirrors and just be blunt and to he point.
5) Buy kit off the shelf that works TODAY not some UK job protecting cr@p thats 10 years too late and out dated!
2) Stop ripping the serving bods off in all locations abroard with those disgusting NAAFI / EFI prices..."its not my fault Im here in Iraq / Falklands. Don't give me the bull that you have paid extra shipping costs to get it here as more often than not its down the back of our aircraft / ship in to theatre!!"
3) Assure us that our pensions will be safe from tinkering. Look at the poor civil service who thought the same only to have theirs reduced from final salary to average earnings throughtout career this year.
4) Have a reporting system that instead of blowing smoke up your ar$e tells you exactly what is wrong with you or what you have to do to be promoted!! Ditch all the smoke and mirrors and just be blunt and to he point.
5) Buy kit off the shelf that works TODAY not some UK job protecting cr@p thats 10 years too late and out dated!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: EU Region 9 - apparently
Posts: 263
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
hmmmmmn, single role?
lets see, spec ground support to all assets from blue suits, gbad - going to RA but watch and wait, blue assistance to AAC increasing to backfill gaps, dark blue poaching techies to backfill gaps not saying thats all, just a few
lets see, spec ground support to all assets from blue suits, gbad - going to RA but watch and wait, blue assistance to AAC increasing to backfill gaps, dark blue poaching techies to backfill gaps not saying thats all, just a few
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh
Posts: 460
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Jimlad
You are of course correct but then again if you will place the ships so far away from the action that they become known as the Simonstown Guardship in the Falklands War or the Corfu Guardship during Allied Force what do you expect. Then again your flat(ish) tops didn't exactly show up for either Gulf War and quite frankly only seem prepared to play when the enemy are armed with nothing more dangerous than an over-ripe mango!
You are of course correct but then again if you will place the ships so far away from the action that they become known as the Simonstown Guardship in the Falklands War or the Corfu Guardship during Allied Force what do you expect. Then again your flat(ish) tops didn't exactly show up for either Gulf War and quite frankly only seem prepared to play when the enemy are armed with nothing more dangerous than an over-ripe mango!
Thread Starter
ALTHENICK -
1. C130J & C17
2. Britain will never go to a major conflict again without one of it's major allies, quote from Parliament 3-4 years ago
3. Do pilots have to be Comissioned
4.
5. Uninterrupted flying training, although the terrain is not as good.
1. C130J & C17
2. Britain will never go to a major conflict again without one of it's major allies, quote from Parliament 3-4 years ago
3. Do pilots have to be Comissioned
4.
5. Uninterrupted flying training, although the terrain is not as good.