Leaving the RAF in less than 12 months
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A fab idea, Adjutant, but be aware that the Police have set limits how many of their officers are allowed to be members of the TA, RAuXAF, RNR etc to ensure that if war were to break out on a massive scale (not meaning to belittle any current conflicts) that Britain wouldn't have half their police force called up. Harrier123 could certainly apply, but I really wouldn't use it as a guaranteed back-up plan.
Hope that made some sense,
Coastergirl
Hope that made some sense,
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Again it was some time ago , twelve years in fact I left . As soon as I had the job offer letter in my hand from the cops I was out in less than a week , I even kept my incentive bonus which id only got a month earlier . They even allowed me to go out late to our second stint at bosnia no fly so I could do the selection , when I passed which was a monday I left the sqn on friday to start the police monday .
One word of warning the police is a ****e job and is getting worse .For my first 8-9 years it was great but Political correctness and clueless yes men for bosses has made the job ridiculous . morale is virtually non existent and if it wasnt for the pension most of us with a decent length of service would go . And as a new officer you wont even have that you will have the new pathetic one . When I joined we never lost more than one per cent of newbies in their first two years , now we are up to nearly thirty per cent in their first two. Its not all driving around in fast cars locking up villains these days in fact for your first two years its highly likely you wont even respond to anything more serious than a nose complaint cept for your ten week period with a response unit , then youll sit behind a desk slaved to a computer which tells you who to go out and arrest and for what .
If you have a trade use it is my advice .
sorry to be doom and gloom but youll find very few people with more than about three years service who will advocate it .Ah well only another 8 months to cpl/ir I hope
One word of warning the police is a ****e job and is getting worse .For my first 8-9 years it was great but Political correctness and clueless yes men for bosses has made the job ridiculous . morale is virtually non existent and if it wasnt for the pension most of us with a decent length of service would go . And as a new officer you wont even have that you will have the new pathetic one . When I joined we never lost more than one per cent of newbies in their first two years , now we are up to nearly thirty per cent in their first two. Its not all driving around in fast cars locking up villains these days in fact for your first two years its highly likely you wont even respond to anything more serious than a nose complaint cept for your ten week period with a response unit , then youll sit behind a desk slaved to a computer which tells you who to go out and arrest and for what .
If you have a trade use it is my advice .
sorry to be doom and gloom but youll find very few people with more than about three years service who will advocate it .Ah well only another 8 months to cpl/ir I hope
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No Smoke Without Fire
I have seen a few similar posts here before and the general feel I get is that if you have a good job offer and you are willing to tough it out you can be out pretty quickly. I understand that PMA will say ''12 months'' and you say ''don't think so speak to my solicitor I'll be gone in two months'' and after a few threats as long as you tough it out you will be out with no more said. I reckon you will have to forego your resettlement etc but if you have the right job who cares. 
Someone from PMA will say I am wrong on this but there is no smoke without fire and I haven't seen any court cases........!!!
Someone from PMA will say I am wrong on this but there is no smoke without fire and I haven't seen any court cases........!!!
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Im not looking to take the p**s and leave in a week, and will do as long as I can and would expect it to be at least 6 months but hoping that they wont stand in my way.
