Any AEF staff pilots out there?
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Don't be so quick to snub the humble FSC's! When I was an FSC at 5 AEF I always made efforts to get staff flying if so requested. In fact, I do believe that on a few occasions I was FSC'ing whilst you were visiting.
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I've never been to 5AEF at it's current location, so I don't know who you are thinking I am.....
Apart from our regular AEF, that does have a FSC who is a jolly nice chap, on the other AEF's I have been to the FSC's have had an appaulingly deluded sense of grandeur - especially to the escorting staff.
I'm not about to start asking a Cadet NCO if I can fly, when I can quite happily go and speak to a fellow officer.
The FSC is usually too busy anyway......
Sorry if this doesn't fit with you, but it's how I see it.
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I've never been to 5AEF at it's current location, so I don't know who you are thinking I am.....
Apart from our regular AEF, that does have a FSC who is a jolly nice chap, on the other AEF's I have been to the FSC's have had an appaulingly deluded sense of grandeur - especially to the escorting staff.
I'm not about to start asking a Cadet NCO if I can fly, when I can quite happily go and speak to a fellow officer.
The FSC is usually too busy anyway......
Sorry if this doesn't fit with you, but it's how I see it.
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Yippee...
Excellent. Thanks a bunch for the gen, folks.
Now I'm CRB cleared I can take the wee dears to Linton's VGS. There's no way I'd be so foolish and rude as to demand a free flight but now I know 'the form' about registering a serious interest beyond being the ATC taxi driver.
I presume it would be okay to ask about sitting in on some of the ground school lessons too ? (No harm in reinforcing the most important learning messages.)
In terms of giving back, do the VGS only fly or do they do AT, mil skills etc. ?
Now I'm CRB cleared I can take the wee dears to Linton's VGS. There's no way I'd be so foolish and rude as to demand a free flight but now I know 'the form' about registering a serious interest beyond being the ATC taxi driver.
I presume it would be okay to ask about sitting in on some of the ground school lessons too ? (No harm in reinforcing the most important learning messages.)
In terms of giving back, do the VGS only fly or do they do AT, mil skills etc. ?
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mgdaviso said
Now back in my day as a FSC, that would certainly have gone down as "bad attitude"... The boss would have turned you round and pointed you in my direction.
I'm not about to start asking a Cadet NCO if I can fly, when I can quite happily go and speak to a fellow officer.
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frogprince:
No, VGS's (Volunteer Gliding Squadrons as they are now called) only do gliding.
They are there to serve the Air Cadet Squadrons with gliding experience and training. If you have any other q's then feel free to pm me.
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I guess that depends on the relationship with your AEF staff, and how your AEF is run... with my AEF, the boss and the pilots have no problems with a chat and a request....
I apologise If I appear to be tarring everyone with the same brush. too many bad experiences with FSC's - I am sure that they are not all like that in reality.
No, VGS's (Volunteer Gliding Squadrons as they are now called) only do gliding.
They are there to serve the Air Cadet Squadrons with gliding experience and training. If you have any other q's then feel free to pm me.
Dusty_B
I guess that depends on the relationship with your AEF staff, and how your AEF is run... with my AEF, the boss and the pilots have no problems with a chat and a request....
I apologise If I appear to be tarring everyone with the same brush. too many bad experiences with FSC's - I am sure that they are not all like that in reality.
