RAF Fitness Test - Soon to be twice a year!

[Al R]

Airborne Aircrew said;

Let's be quite honest about this. Getting fit is not rocket science. If it was they wouldn't let PTI's anywhere near it. You know what the test entails - running a certain distance in a given time, whatever - it doesn't take special equipment or anything like that. Other than, (which to be fair you freely admitted to), a lack of self discipline there is nothing stopping you from training yourself. You don't need a PTI to give you direction do you? This is, as you have also "admitted" to, something that you can do on your own. I know it's hard to start, (in the last 20 years I have taken _lots_ of "time off"), but if you get going and do it regularly it becomes a bit of a habit you don't want to break... Really, it does.

Agreed, my point exactly. This is where guidance and leadership from SNCOs and Junior Officers is vital.

[akula]

Al R,
An eloquent response, I shall re-read it thoroughly and pick some holes in it later

Airborne Aircrew,
You take a very confrontational posture in your postings, you should try to relax a bit. Indeed I do not know you and can therefore not know how wrong about you I am. I can only base my opinion of you by what you post here, take from that whatever you will.
Who has pointed out any of my inadequacies?

ALWAYS assume NEVER check

[Al R]

Akula,

Listen, don't take things so personally, you have a lot of anger in there my friend. Chill.. its only a messageboard .

I'm sure that A Tech E is a fine line of endeavour before anyone has a go at me.. it just wasn't for me, thats all.

[PPRuNe Pop]

Whoa!!!! At least a sensible response.

BUT.............This turned into a slanging match with NO place on here. We do not tolerate it. Some of the posts are confrontational to say the least and everyone has to simmer down.

That's it. No more no less. Wind ups now banned

Please do NOT take this line again or the thread goes.

PPP

[1leftright2]

As mere casual observer of pprune for a number of years I have finally bitten the bullet an signed up. If only to point out that we sadly losing more and more people doing the job they joined up to do, be that flying, providing FP etc, and their passing warrants often scant comment. Yet if the topic be fitness testing, saluting Her Majsty's ensign wearing a growbag, chipbag or stable belt or whether we should summarily execute the Mover who dinked the 747 cowling several posters appear to devote vast amounts of time to the topics are they really that important?

It saddens me to say it but after 24 yrs in I think we need to take a big sniff of the cofffee, wake up and have a reality check. If we're told to do something more often than not it's for a very real reason, whether it be stn guard, BoB parade, 6 months in someone else's very warm toilet or heaven forbid a fitness test. What we're supposed to to is get on with it - it's what set us apart from every other trade union addled organisation going.

Big deep breath in and off the box.

[Sand4Gold]

A distorted Thread.

I would never say that I was ever part of an elite unit, rather I worked with some very special people. As to being the 'guardians of discipline and military order within the RAF', I have to say, I never once woke up thinking that. Sure, if some oik ever crossed my path with unpolished boots, I'd say 'Flt Sgt, come over here please. Polishing your boots increases the life of the leather, it prevents the leather from cracking which might keep your feet dry, it inspires discipline within one and with the chaps and it promotes the idea that you are part of a disciplined organisation". And he'd say "Yes Cpl, sorry Cpl!". As you can see, all very low key, all very informal, but an invaluable lesson passed on.

This I did find amusing.........

AA