Cuts in defence budget, so what's your boss's best penny pinching idea?
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Cuts in defence budget, so what's your boss's best penny pinching idea?
HMG should follow Ryanair, who've banned staff from re-charging mobiles at work. Saves about O'Leary about £750 a year (according to my estimates)
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Personnel are only scaled for 3 of those lovely new 'Royal Air Force' badges for their CS95 even though they are scaled 4 items that require them.
Sorry, I can’t usefully contribute as civvies are routinely disciplined for having money saving ideas if there happens to be a couple or more zeros at the end. However, a few gems from various bollockings by senior managers over the years may amuse/amaze:
“It’s your job to spend money, not save it”.
“You are an embarrassment to the Department for saving that money”. (£18M)
“(Avoiding waste) is of no concern to DPA”.
“If you insist on (saving this money), I shall make arrangements for you leave the Civil Service”.
Guess which one was the Air Vice Marshall.
“It’s your job to spend money, not save it”.
“You are an embarrassment to the Department for saving that money”. (£18M)
“(Avoiding waste) is of no concern to DPA”.
“If you insist on (saving this money), I shall make arrangements for you leave the Civil Service”.
Guess which one was the Air Vice Marshall.
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Tell me more Mr Stacker.
Is this badge meant to make the ones who did not get made redundant feel good!
Is this badge meant to make the ones who did not get made redundant feel good!
Apparently some folk in the media world still have trouble telling us forces types apart.
I think I'll whack a Gems in for handlebar moustaches and white silk scarves on a piece of wire.
ps, Do you like the new RAF sandwich bags folks? Quite a pretty penny spent on those lovelies.
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Situation:
Pub at Otterburn.
Lunchtime. ^ aircrew, all in DPMs enter pub, sit down and read menu.
Landlord approaches, could we sit with our firends at the other end of the dining area as we would put off his regulars spread out like that. Look around and see no friends, just a bunch of pongoes in DPMs.
The subtlities of rank badges and caps passes over most non-military types. Much like the subtle variations between army units with their ties, shirts, shoes, not to mention cap badges, berets and even trousers, which leave the average airman totally bewildered.
Pub at Otterburn.
Lunchtime. ^ aircrew, all in DPMs enter pub, sit down and read menu.
Landlord approaches, could we sit with our firends at the other end of the dining area as we would put off his regulars spread out like that. Look around and see no friends, just a bunch of pongoes in DPMs.
The subtlities of rank badges and caps passes over most non-military types. Much like the subtle variations between army units with their ties, shirts, shoes, not to mention cap badges, berets and even trousers, which leave the average airman totally bewildered.
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Not really a penny pinching idea but..................
Scrap the Hawk 128 project and save millions and millions.
Plenty of other aircraft that can do the job for squillions of pounds less.
Won't make 2 Jags happy though
Scrap the Hawk 128 project and save millions and millions.
Plenty of other aircraft that can do the job for squillions of pounds less.
Won't make 2 Jags happy though
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How about renting aircraft instead of buying them?
Imagine each frame costs around 6 million pounds. If we lease frames at 1 million pounds a year and we lease 200 aircraft then we save the taxpayer 200 million pounds.....
over the five years that we are in government.
After that any further expenditure can be blamed on the next, and obviously incompetent, government.
Imagine each frame costs around 6 million pounds. If we lease frames at 1 million pounds a year and we lease 200 aircraft then we save the taxpayer 200 million pounds.....
over the five years that we are in government.
After that any further expenditure can be blamed on the next, and obviously incompetent, government.
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Ok cost cutting ex using value stream analyisis;
Lets get rid of:
BBM, Reds, QCS, 32 (the Royal) Sqn, AOC parades, freedom off parades, Never worn No 1s
or it that just me?
Lets get rid of:
BBM, Reds, QCS, 32 (the Royal) Sqn, AOC parades, freedom off parades, Never worn No 1s
or it that just me?
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Solution
Gents , if you are still having dramas differentiating between the services here is an aide memoire;
Army - Will be adorned in green kit, covered in crap.
Navy - No green kit but do a good line in bunting.
RAF - Will be adorned in quilt from nearest hotel - "check in not dig in"!
Army - Will be adorned in green kit, covered in crap.
Navy - No green kit but do a good line in bunting.
RAF - Will be adorned in quilt from nearest hotel - "check in not dig in"!
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How about renting aircraft instead of buying them?
Aren't 99 (On Tick) Squadron's C17's leased from Boeing?
Imagine getting your heavy airlift assets repossed!
How about renting aircraft instead of buying them?
What's the third party liability like if we hurt someone with them? and what's the excess if we write one off?
Just wondering!
What's the third party liability like if we hurt someone with them? and what's the excess if we write one off?
Just wondering!
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How about cancelling all cleaning contracts at every unit? Have bull nights to keep the offices spanking, followed by moral-boosting sing-songs, no alcohol of course, just in case. Do I win 25 pounds from GEMS?