A Day in the life of Air Corp/RAF/NAvy Pilots
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if your a professional student (like me), there isnt any work involved. i go to work, surf the net all day, wish i was flying, wonder what one earth i am doing and why i chose to my final year a year later, go home and do the same again and wonder how on earth someone like you got a flying job in the forces. words fail me, but if your a professional student, you wont be in teh forces which means you shouldnt have answered the question at all.
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Fray, steady on old chap. I am a student too. Have you heard of lief-long learning?
One of the things I was taught was how to write. One of the things I taught myself was how to type.
One of the things I learnt in the Forces was how to take banter.
One of the things I was taught was how to write. One of the things I taught myself was how to type.
One of the things I learnt in the Forces was how to take banter.
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Fray Campbell
Rule No.1 Do not Assume, Just because some one is aptly named as Professional Student That He/She is a student .
Rule No.2 If you Don't have a sense of Humour please do not join HM Forces
Rule No.1 Do not Assume, Just because some one is aptly named as Professional Student That He/She is a student .
Rule No.2 If you Don't have a sense of Humour please do not join HM Forces
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I knew that would happen! It seems that no matter how hard i try i always type 'teh' instead of the! That'll teach me to proof read and save myself looking stupid.
I was sent one of those RAF careers CD's detailing all the different roles but it doesnt actually show what the pilot does when he isnt in the aircraft. Unless he never gets out of the cockpit?- i cant think of anything better, what a life. Unless your being shot at of course.
I was sent one of those RAF careers CD's detailing all the different roles but it doesnt actually show what the pilot does when he isnt in the aircraft. Unless he never gets out of the cockpit?- i cant think of anything better, what a life. Unless your being shot at of course.
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"Have you heard of lief-long learning?"
The name is properly spelt Lief Lonnggerlernig I believe, a contemporary of Lief Erikson (inventor of the mobile 'phone) his name is commemorated in Lonnggerlernig Fjord in Greenland .....
.....now do you understand banter fraythingy....
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Yes, why?
OMG a mover etc,Hi there, yes i am still continuing with my plans to apply to civilian FTO's, but as i mentioned i some other threads, i am yet to graduate (2008)
Why do you ask?
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didnt realise my work was being proof read by a Professor of English
i can write 'i' as much as i like because the posting is informal so i cannot be arsed correcting it.
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Bold move Fray - you be yourself when online and don't be shy about who and what you are.
You do know what the internet convention wrt using "i" rather than "I" means don't you?
You do know what the internet convention wrt using "i" rather than "I" means don't you?
Portdrift - No, but I always type I.
Fraybentos - Don't bother, get a job with an airline.
Roland -
Teeteringhead - I was thinking the same but would never have managed to put it so eloquently.
TonkEngO - I hope so, too but I'm enjoying it.
Two's in - That should be Two Are In and I hope that you are winding us up.
Wessex - I'm surprised that you got caught out, I take it that you're Finningley vintage, surely you learned never to admit to being qualified to do anything.
Carry on.
Fraybentos - Don't bother, get a job with an airline.
Roland -
Teeteringhead - I was thinking the same but would never have managed to put it so eloquently.
TonkEngO - I hope so, too but I'm enjoying it.
Two's in - That should be Two Are In and I hope that you are winding us up.
Wessex - I'm surprised that you got caught out, I take it that you're Finningley vintage, surely you learned never to admit to being qualified to do anything.
Carry on.
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Two's in - That should be Two Are In and I hope that you are winding us up
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It is not about formality, it's about readability. Strangely, correct punctuation, grammar and spelling makes things more understandable. If you want to be aircrew you need to make yourself understood - Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity. It works just as well for written work as it does for the spoken word.
Anyone who uses informality as an excuse should accept that it's actually about laziness, and we don't need lazy people in the Forces.
And no, I am not any English Professor, just someone who was obviously born in an era where English was correctly taught and the correct use of the language was important in all exams. Failure to use it resulted in lower marks and poorer results!
And no the day hasn't got any better!
It is not about formality, it's about readability. Strangely, correct punctuation, grammar and spelling makes things more understandable. If you want to be aircrew you need to make yourself understood - Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity. It works just as well for written work as it does for the spoken word.
Anyone who uses informality as an excuse should accept that it's actually about laziness, and we don't need lazy people in the Forces.
And no, I am not any English Professor, just someone who was obviously born in an era where English was correctly taught and the correct use of the language was important in all exams. Failure to use it resulted in lower marks and poorer results!
And no the day hasn't got any better!
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Strangely correct puntuation
"Strangely, correct punctuation....