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Got asked this the other day and it's something I should know (and could get the answer from the Desk Officer) but thought here would get me the answer quicker (
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When are the promotion boards for Officers ? I know the list comes out 1 July and 1 Jan but how soon before is it done ? What if your OJAR falls just outside one board ? I presume you wait till the next ?
Was comparing it to the USAF system. It's about 95% sucess rate to get to Major at the moment, which I'm sure it's not the same for RAF.
)When are the promotion boards for Officers ? I know the list comes out 1 July and 1 Jan but how soon before is it done ? What if your OJAR falls just outside one board ? I presume you wait till the next ?
Was comparing it to the USAF system. It's about 95% sucess rate to get to Major at the moment, which I'm sure it's not the same for RAF.
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Last one that you would have been 'read' at was, IIRC, November - which means the next one could be about now. You won't get promoted though; you're doing an important job that makes a real difference in the world and won't have had the chance to organise this year's summer ball. I also doubt you were on the Christmas Draw committee?
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Look on the brightside mate, if it's his first time writing them, you can always help/advise/assist etc to make sure he gets it right. And remember, things could be worse - you could have my 1RO!
He doesn't believe in individuals building up and maintaining reporting profiles. So each year, he gets his OJAR/SJAR handbook out (yep, the one that came out when OJARs first appeared on the scene), and compares every last letter in the handbook to how he believes you have performed. No lattitude, no scope for variation from the handbook, and no possible way of guiding him to make sure that he doesn't undo several years of hard work in previous reporting periods. In fact, having been in post for the bare minimum time for a report to be written, I did offer to let him have a copy of my last report - something which all my other ROs have asked for when writing reports - only to get a blank look back and a "why would I want that?".
Not sure about the USAF promotion rates, more like .95 success round here
Look on the brightside mate, if it's his first time writing them, you can always help/advise/assist etc to make sure he gets it right. And remember, things could be worse - you could have my 1RO!
He doesn't believe in individuals building up and maintaining reporting profiles. So each year, he gets his OJAR/SJAR handbook out (yep, the one that came out when OJARs first appeared on the scene), and compares every last letter in the handbook to how he believes you have performed. No lattitude, no scope for variation from the handbook, and no possible way of guiding him to make sure that he doesn't undo several years of hard work in previous reporting periods. In fact, having been in post for the bare minimum time for a report to be written, I did offer to let him have a copy of my last report - something which all my other ROs have asked for when writing reports - only to get a blank look back and a "why would I want that?".
Not sure about the USAF promotion rates, more like .95 success round here
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See, you have it all wrong..... If you want promoting, no matter what, just learn this phrase, whatever the problem, no matter how large or small or ridiculous or unachivable the task is, or if it will adversly affect your peers or troops.. just say ( all together now)
YES!
YES!
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
The other guy was 'due' for promotion but, IMNSHO, only because he was highly competent at his job and would have been properly rewarded as spec aircrew.
Anyway the 1st RO wrote a very precise and accurate 1369 - probably the only true one that year - and that (I was told) scuppered him for ever.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Anyway, next year, new sqn cdr, I was called in for my debrief after the report had been sent off.
"That's very interesting Sir, your predecessor said exactly the same thing in exactly the same words."
His face was a picture. He had copied the previous year's report that the lazy FC had just given him
.At least that was two other careers that hit the buffers.
Sorry, have i missed something?....People actually still want to be promoted?
Plus on a personal level, it would really hack off my old instructor who said I wouldn't even make it past the Careers Office let alone get through trg!
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Thanks Galley,
I don't have access to the RAF intranet site where I am, but thanks for the reply on topic.
If anyone happens to notice Flt Lt Pilot boards, I'd be greatly appreciated.
I don't have access to the RAF intranet site where I am, but thanks for the reply on topic.
If anyone happens to notice Flt Lt Pilot boards, I'd be greatly appreciated.
