And the Best Job in the RAF is.....?
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Comp Charlie,
Standby for a rant from Blakey875. I'm sure he will support your last post wholeheartedly. He always maintains that the only type of Movements Officer is a Warrant Officer.
Standby for a rant from Blakey875. I'm sure he will support your last post wholeheartedly. He always maintains that the only type of Movements Officer is a Warrant Officer.
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...and he is quite correct in that belief! 
Not slagging off Supply Officers (Movements Q Annotation) I just believe strongly that we would be a 'stronger' trade with our own officers, rather than 'guests' who drift in and out of the trade.
CC
Not slagging off Supply Officers (Movements Q Annotation) I just believe strongly that we would be a 'stronger' trade with our own officers, rather than 'guests' who drift in and out of the trade.
CC
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To be honest I don't think it's much different in the engineering world. The Officers move on every two years, and can do a first line tour, followed by MT, or IPT perhaps. Possibly Eng Ops or some other non-aircraft job. They too have to try and make a mark within those two years, and are constanly on the lookout for the next rung on the ladder. I doubt the Supply Officers view movements any differently to the way an Engineering Officer views some of the Eng postings.
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E5 is quite correct - There is a Movements Officer but the rank starts and ends at Warrant Officer. Comp Charlie is also correct in most of his comments and sadly it is often the unprofessional, ill-informed behaviour of the Supply Officer (Movemenets Annotation) attached to the Movers who normally create the grief and hostility between the trade and others.
Beagle - The Hickham RAFLO post was disestablished because of the run down and change of primary role of the Vulcan and nothing to do with the Officer there at the time. I know this on good authority as one of the two Chief Techs who was there with him is a lifelong friend. Whilst there he married a young USAF Airwoman and they both now live in Pensacola. More info on request...
Beagle - The Hickham RAFLO post was disestablished because of the run down and change of primary role of the Vulcan and nothing to do with the Officer there at the time. I know this on good authority as one of the two Chief Techs who was there with him is a lifelong friend. Whilst there he married a young USAF Airwoman and they both now live in Pensacola. More info on request...
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Not in the RAF but....
There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside
> >and
> >deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for
> >the
> >first time . Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for
> >virgins
> >to marry.
> >(Let's just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the
> >world
> >that even comes close to this?)
There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside
> >and
> >deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for
> >the
> >first time . Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for
> >virgins
> >to marry.
> >(Let's just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the
> >world
> >that even comes close to this?)
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Best job....
Being a techie and telling the aircrew they can't take the jet (anyway through the see off procedure but at the end is more fun)....more fun with GR4 crew cause they know it all....but i like it when i crew em out
We keep on Roaming.....
We keep on Roaming.....
Originally Posted by insty66
Best job?
Got to be GR4 aircrew, you even get to make engineering decisions and not have those horrible technicians touch the aircraft and break it!
Worst Job?
Anything not directly involved in putting aircraft in the sky……. Pick your own definition.
Affirmatron. Ps as a Fairy thanks for the vote.
Got to be GR4 aircrew, you even get to make engineering decisions and not have those horrible technicians touch the aircraft and break it!
Worst Job?
Anything not directly involved in putting aircraft in the sky……. Pick your own definition.
Affirmatron. Ps as a Fairy thanks for the vote.
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Yes it is true that a RAFLO post is one of the best jobs in the Air Force, I am currently engaged on such a posting, I have also been one of those movers that travels the globe sending back postcards, I have also had 2 postings to Akrotiri and 1 to Gatow not long before it closed so have had first hand knowledge of a great deal of the above post's. Yes my job is the best in the RAF and it will probably be my last. I do work hard but admit there are fringe benefits. Aloha
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Ah-ha...hello Mr Laar. I see you are still around.
I'll accept my apology in this thread if you're a bit fearful to dip your toe back into the RAFP thread to see the slating you got...
Either or, it matters not to me...
All the best
CC
I'll accept my apology in this thread if you're a bit fearful to dip your toe back into the RAFP thread to see the slating you got...
Either or, it matters not to me...
All the best
CC
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I once knew of a WO who, as a Sgt, had his offshore master's ticket. Upon arriving in at Luqa in the 1960s, he was told that his job for the next couple of years would be skippering the staish's yacht. Spent the entire tour sailing around the Med and fishing.
Don't know if it can get better than that.
Don't know if it can get better than that.
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Best job in the RAF
Padre
1. Only work one day a week
2. Only one AP
3. No amendments
4. Never see yer boss
5. Only career appraisal = on lifex
6. Free bread and wine for life
7. Quiet working environment
8. Cross dressing = is acceptable
Keep yer hair on - it is Pprune
Padre
1. Only work one day a week
2. Only one AP
3. No amendments
4. Never see yer boss
5. Only career appraisal = on lifex
6. Free bread and wine for life
7. Quiet working environment
8. Cross dressing = is acceptable
Keep yer hair on - it is Pprune
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Originally Posted by Blakey875
Beagle - The Hickham RAFLO post was disestablished because of the run down and change of primary role of the Vulcan and nothing to do with the Officer there at the time. I know this on good authority as one of the two Chief Techs who was there with him is a lifelong friend. Whilst there he married a young USAF Airwoman and they both now live in Pensacola. More info on request...
Just read a very good book by Dr David Easter and Confrontation which talks about our East of Suez role and the need to withdraw from the Far East. When did the RAFLO job get disestablished?
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How about the RAFLO who was posted to one of HM Ships? Pre Falklands War HMS Endurance was established for a Spanish linguist. The Andrew had none to call on in 78, so a light blue Nav did the trip in 78/9. I don't think he did the full two year tour, so he probably went back to light blue land in the early/mid summer of 79.
Not a rumour, as I was also on board for part of the deployment.
Not a rumour, as I was also on board for part of the deployment.