Annual Assessments - Character Assassination Gems

[Cat.S]

"Trooper C. tries hard, but fails miserably."

[whohascontrol]

From a colleagues sortie report from:

Bloggs displayed the handling skills of a lorry driver and the airmanship of a u-boat commander

[Bob Zuruncle]

Plt Off Bloggs could be an Agricultural Pilot..... he flies like a farmer.

[Beeayeate]

This pilot should not be allowed to fly below 250 feet.

[pingerpuke]

"This Officer has much in common with CDS - they have both gone as far as they can in the Service."

[CDS]

[bad livin']

Pingerpuke - can I ask you a few questions? Email's in my profile.

Rgds
BL

[Low and Slow]

An "authentic" circa 1923 report.

"I have littel good to say about this officer. His bearing and table manners suggest that he is not what he appears to be."

Phew... glad that wasn't my boss.!

[Otis Spunkmeyer]

Discussed in the crewroom but never put into print -

'It seems to be no coincidence that Flt Lt Watt's name is an anagram of tw@t'

[chippy63]

From the commercial world, "I feel that Bloggs' undoubted talents, whatever they may be, would be better deployed in a different sized bank. A much larger bank, a larger bank, a smaller bank or a much smaller bank, any of these would be suitable."

"Nature abhors a vacuum: in the case of Bloggs' cranial pan, however, she appears willing to make the odd exception."

[Bradders]

"The only way this officer will be outstanding in his field is if he becomes a scarecrow."

[Trg System Victim]

I have recently been through the mill and coming from industry it has been a most horrible experience. In industry I led large projects with responsibility for millions of pounds worth of orders.

Then I joined the RAF and regret it now with a vengence.

Never in my life have I ever experienced such negative reporting, morale damaging, demotivational assessments as I received while at Cranwell.

If this type of reporting happened to one of my charges in industry, I would have had a walk out. I think that for all the RAF says about its fantastic training, it still has a long way to go before it catches up with industry.

I may suggest the first change is to change the 'blame culture'. Reports that are balanced and actually say what goes well are far more constructive than an outright character assination!

[Broken Wings]

Bloggs is a well balanced officer, he has a chip on both shoulders.

[teeteringhead]

Trg System Victim

Got chopped then did we? This is supposed to be a humorous thread, perhaps your comments may be worth debate on a thread if its own. Seriously, I have not heard comments like yours much if at all before, despite having been involved closely with the training system on a number of occasions (and also, I should add, with the appraisal of civilians). You may get many other, more detailed views on a separate thread.

BTW, you ain't no kin to WEB Fan, are you??

[just noticed this is my 100th post on the new server - do I get a badge for my flying suit???]

[Beeayeate]

It is recommended that this pilot is not allowed to fly below 250 feet.

[Trg System Victim]

Point taken teeteringhead, New thread starting!

[reynoldsno1]

Oral debrief after a first ever PAR:

QFI: Well, Delta 76, that could only be described as a Shakespeare play....

D76: (loooonnnngg pause), eeerrrr, aaah AS YOU LIKE IT!!!!!

QFI: Actually, I had the Comedy of Errors in mind....

[divingduck]

...if this student were any denser, light would bend around him.

[A2QFI]

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1. The presence of this officer on my squadron is depriving a village somewhere of an excellent idiot.

2. For the Army. My wife tells me this officer dances well!

[maniac55]

In the last report of an AA on his way out the door.

Sgt Bloggs will shortly be leaving the RAF to the benefit of both parties.