WHAT A SHAME
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to paraphrase python - its tw @ ts like you wot cause unrest.
your naivete is breathtaking. the proper channels to which you refer are quite simply ar$e. after 15 years in the service, following proper channels with suggestions of improvements leads to dilution up the chain, until it reaches the level where there is no problem whatsoever.
your comments about the army are arrogant in the extreme. I, personally, would rather serve with any member of the army than you. You would learn something about professionalism if you spent any time with them.
as regards your comments about your highly motivated staff, i put to you the monkey up a tree syndrome, where those up the tree look down to see smiling faces, whereas those looking up the tree can only see @r$eholes. i suspect the peter principle is applicable in this instance also.
i think there is quite a good case in this instance for enforced euthanasia.
best wishes
to paraphrase python - its tw @ ts like you wot cause unrest.
your naivete is breathtaking. the proper channels to which you refer are quite simply ar$e. after 15 years in the service, following proper channels with suggestions of improvements leads to dilution up the chain, until it reaches the level where there is no problem whatsoever.
your comments about the army are arrogant in the extreme. I, personally, would rather serve with any member of the army than you. You would learn something about professionalism if you spent any time with them.
as regards your comments about your highly motivated staff, i put to you the monkey up a tree syndrome, where those up the tree look down to see smiling faces, whereas those looking up the tree can only see @r$eholes. i suspect the peter principle is applicable in this instance also.
i think there is quite a good case in this instance for enforced euthanasia.
best wishes
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Thanks Douglas and Ham Fisted, but I'm starting to feel like a pawn in some elaborate grudge match between Admin Guru and the rest of the RAF. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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Join the Navy? Have you been on one of those floaty things? I've never seen such cramped, claustrophobic conditions, how anyone could enjoy operating in such an environment is beyond me. Plus you have to share rooms with people, who you may not like, and where can you go to get away from it all? Jump over-board? No thanks. As I said before, thanks to the replies I've had from this thread, it has made me realise that it aint all that bad afterall. <img src="cool.gif" border="0">
SAC Smith,
You're right there - it's a great life in the Forces. Rememember, the grass might be greener an the other side, but that's probably a result of the amount of manure thrown down from above.
Admin Guru,
Thanks for giving me the option of not replying, you're a true sport. Interesting that I should be singled out by your esteemed self (on two threads, no less), given the number of posters who have shown less restraint and just called a spade a spade.
Feel free to expand on which criticism irked you so much, so I can hone it further.
Meanwhile, let me just clear something up for you. Your 'new forum' would probably not make it on to this bulletin board. 'Military Aircrew' is a forum. 'WHAT A SHAME' is a thread. This is a reply. If you are happy to dish it out, don't go all
when you get it back.
You're right there - it's a great life in the Forces. Rememember, the grass might be greener an the other side, but that's probably a result of the amount of manure thrown down from above.
Admin Guru,
Thanks for giving me the option of not replying, you're a true sport. Interesting that I should be singled out by your esteemed self (on two threads, no less), given the number of posters who have shown less restraint and just called a spade a spade.
Feel free to expand on which criticism irked you so much, so I can hone it further.
Meanwhile, let me just clear something up for you. Your 'new forum' would probably not make it on to this bulletin board. 'Military Aircrew' is a forum. 'WHAT A SHAME' is a thread. This is a reply. If you are happy to dish it out, don't go all
when you get it back.
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So spoilt tom - anyone who complains about their lack of success is copping out? that is why you are a civvy now? That is why you can comment about service themes now? that is why you tried the army for three years before the RAF? Copping out? you would know about that. I think the shut up or your copping out mentality you display coupled with the do as I say not as I do ethos is exactly why SAC Smith is leaving this joke of an organisation
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SAC - I'd have to take issue with something in your 1st post here - don't fight the system, use the system. I'm not someone who blindly follows the rules - they are there for guidance and trust me, it is far more fun when you use them like that. Yes, there are things I'd love to change about the RAF, but I accept that something as big as we are (not compared to what we were) you're never going to agree with it all. Find the good bits & the good people - they are in the most unusual places - and enjoy what you can out of it. Here endeth the lesson. There - I feel better. Now, where is that AG gimp...... <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">
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Copping out.......mmmmm
Mr Sauzy, i would never work for an orginisation i thought was a joke! who's copping out here?
Didn't get tired of the army mate, got offered the chance to fly! I'm not the one blaming the raf for my lack of promotion/oppurtunities. I quite understood and accepted that i would never make wg co without doing staff crap and being nice to blunties. Can't argue with that. However I can look back to my time in the RAF with a huge degree of pride and satisfaction. I got to achieve my childhood dreams. Having spent 8 years having a ball i decided i'd rather earn twice as much doing half the work. If thats your idea of copping out then guess your right!
My decision to leave was nothing to do with the 'system' or my promotion prospects. The Mrs wanted a better standard of life and as i already had the leather jacket and watch i left. Yeah knowing that the raf had it's fair share of tossers who would end my career overnight made the decision easier. However i worked with considerably more talented and exceptional people on my 2 squadrons, air and groundcrew, than i've met anywhere else since.
You would both do well to read and absorb superstackers post.
Achieve or leave.
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Mr Sauzy, i would never work for an orginisation i thought was a joke! who's copping out here?
Didn't get tired of the army mate, got offered the chance to fly! I'm not the one blaming the raf for my lack of promotion/oppurtunities. I quite understood and accepted that i would never make wg co without doing staff crap and being nice to blunties. Can't argue with that. However I can look back to my time in the RAF with a huge degree of pride and satisfaction. I got to achieve my childhood dreams. Having spent 8 years having a ball i decided i'd rather earn twice as much doing half the work. If thats your idea of copping out then guess your right!
My decision to leave was nothing to do with the 'system' or my promotion prospects. The Mrs wanted a better standard of life and as i already had the leather jacket and watch i left. Yeah knowing that the raf had it's fair share of tossers who would end my career overnight made the decision easier. However i worked with considerably more talented and exceptional people on my 2 squadrons, air and groundcrew, than i've met anywhere else since.
You would both do well to read and absorb superstackers post.
Achieve or leave.
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The only thing that makes this organization a joke, is the amount of influence and power awarded to the less capable who walk amongst us. Those who don't actually strap a rocket to their backs once or twice a day and put their butts on the line. . .If those people would (or could) only perform their small (but occasionally significant) roles efficiently and professionally and not constantly whinge about the fact that "My job is just as important as yours (doh)!", maybe those of us actually doing the job would stay and put the Air back into Royal Air Force(!!??!)
Spoilt Tom was bang on, it's about time someone was, any surprise sur-f*****g-prise it took a ex-fighter mate to say it! The rest of you are just peeved that you don't have the choices some of us have - bit late to whinge now, you should've thought about that when you were at school
Nice one Tom - hope you don't bend your Speedbird as often as you bent your cars!!
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Spoilt Tom was bang on, it's about time someone was, any surprise sur-f*****g-prise it took a ex-fighter mate to say it! The rest of you are just peeved that you don't have the choices some of us have - bit late to whinge now, you should've thought about that when you were at school
Nice one Tom - hope you don't bend your Speedbird as often as you bent your cars!!
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Unfortunately, that attitude of 'I've burnt holes in the skies so I know everything better than anyone else in the RAF' is exactly that displayed by 2 senior officers who are often mentioned in the Chinook thread. It's an attitude that has served the RAF badly for a very long time. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
I hope that you made it on to Harriers or Jags, because your team building skills make you poorly equipped to get the maximum effectiveness out of other types.
I hope that you made it on to Harriers or Jags, because your team building skills make you poorly equipped to get the maximum effectiveness out of other types.
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Opso.. . . .A rather innacurate picture of anytimebaby dear chap. He won't show you but he's got a nice sword that he was given for being rather good at team building and leadership. In fact since he started as an airman and ended up doing the job/jobs that most AD mates would give their right bollock for he should be a role model for all the airman in the RAF that want to go out and achieve something. In fact the last time i had the honour of flying with anytime he was leading the biggest m'fkr package i ever saw and did it with a style and humour that from your post i can only guess you will never understand or be capable of.
Anytime, nice to see your still alive! Allways.
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Anytime, nice to see your still alive! Allways.
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Good for him - and I hope he displays it proudly somewhere appropriate. But on an anonymous board, you can only assess poeple's attitudes from their posts. (As you have accurately got me pegged as a style-free and humourless individual.)
Anytimebaby's post certainly comes across as doused with the arrogant 'prima donna' attitude that has not helped the management or image of the RAF for a significant time. I do not, nor would not, suggest that all jobs are equal within any organisation, but neither would I say that unless you're a FJ mate, your job in the RAF is predominently insignificant and that you are either incapable or unwilling to do it. Anytimebaby does however say exactly that and whether he meant it that way or not, it is an attitude surprisingly frequently held by the FJ hierarchy (which is also the majority of the RAF hierarchy) despite having only limited validity.
By the way, whilst anyone that climbs the dungheap successfully must have some admirable qualities, but it doesn't guarantee what they are. Just ask anyone who knew TCC - JT to Wg Cdr, but still a ******!
Anytimebaby's post certainly comes across as doused with the arrogant 'prima donna' attitude that has not helped the management or image of the RAF for a significant time. I do not, nor would not, suggest that all jobs are equal within any organisation, but neither would I say that unless you're a FJ mate, your job in the RAF is predominently insignificant and that you are either incapable or unwilling to do it. Anytimebaby does however say exactly that and whether he meant it that way or not, it is an attitude surprisingly frequently held by the FJ hierarchy (which is also the majority of the RAF hierarchy) despite having only limited validity.
By the way, whilst anyone that climbs the dungheap successfully must have some admirable qualities, but it doesn't guarantee what they are. Just ask anyone who knew TCC - JT to Wg Cdr, but still a ******!
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SACSmith,
If you have been wronged on your F6000 then simply use the chain of command and issue a QR1000 Redress of Complaint. If you have tried this line and failed then write to your MP who may raise a PQ in the house or he may write to the under secretary of state for defence on your behave. Visit your MP at his surgery and discuss the matter.
On the subject of Commissioning, you sound like an ok chap so you haven't got a hope in hell. Remember there is a test simply put do you have the C's or the S's in your character -
Co-operative. .Compliant. .Considerate etc
or
Self-centered. .Selfish. .Stupid. .Self-serving
If your an S man then you don't know the first thing about Honesty, Loyalty & Integrity and you are ideal commissioning material.
If you have been wronged on your F6000 then simply use the chain of command and issue a QR1000 Redress of Complaint. If you have tried this line and failed then write to your MP who may raise a PQ in the house or he may write to the under secretary of state for defence on your behave. Visit your MP at his surgery and discuss the matter.
On the subject of Commissioning, you sound like an ok chap so you haven't got a hope in hell. Remember there is a test simply put do you have the C's or the S's in your character -
Co-operative. .Compliant. .Considerate etc
or
Self-centered. .Selfish. .Stupid. .Self-serving
If your an S man then you don't know the first thing about Honesty, Loyalty & Integrity and you are ideal commissioning material.
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SAC Smith. .Question, why didn't you fill in your 'Comments by Subject Individual' box on your assessment form?, that's what it is there for. Or did you ? and if so what did you say? At least you now have the facility to officially comment on your annual assessment, and that was not how it used to be. So if you did't use it last time you know what to do next year.
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anytimebaby. .It is comments like yours that make me want to start another Forum along the lines of 'Whinging Aircrew, still hitting back.' However, for PC reasons I am reluctant to do so. I am amazed at your provocative and unsubstantiated claims. What do you mean... "it takes a fighter pilot.." Has it ever occured to you that not all of the hard working and professional admin staff ever even wanted to be pilots? Or that some suffered under the eyesight ruling? Was your profile (the clue being in the fact this is your first post) created as a windup in between Eastenders and Millionaire?
SAC Smith - sorry, no vacancies although you sound highly motivated. Bear in mind there is no grudge between the RAF and I; some have just taken longer than others to see the sense in my Forums.. .JJ John - why do you continue to unleash your drivel onto these Forums? Get some time in.
Ed Winchester - again feel free to exercise your right not to reply to my post. However I found your sentence "This is a reply" particularly informative. I'm sure that my fellow PPruners were extremely grateful for that explanation.. .I can take banter aswell as the next guy, after all I've spent more than enough time around the chaps in SSS who like to dish it out!
uncle peter. .Your comments concern me greatly. If the proper channels are complete arse, then exactly how do you advise going about things? If you see them in a bad light, then surely they need changing for the better. I shudder to think how you would go about business if this is your view of official procedures.
Ham Phisted. .Many thanks for the support and offer of job as your sqn adj. Maybe if my Nav cross over doesn't work out I can move your way!
SAC Smith - sorry, no vacancies although you sound highly motivated. Bear in mind there is no grudge between the RAF and I; some have just taken longer than others to see the sense in my Forums.. .JJ John - why do you continue to unleash your drivel onto these Forums? Get some time in.
Ed Winchester - again feel free to exercise your right not to reply to my post. However I found your sentence "This is a reply" particularly informative. I'm sure that my fellow PPruners were extremely grateful for that explanation.. .I can take banter aswell as the next guy, after all I've spent more than enough time around the chaps in SSS who like to dish it out!
uncle peter. .Your comments concern me greatly. If the proper channels are complete arse, then exactly how do you advise going about things? If you see them in a bad light, then surely they need changing for the better. I shudder to think how you would go about business if this is your view of official procedures.
Ham Phisted. .Many thanks for the support and offer of job as your sqn adj. Maybe if my Nav cross over doesn't work out I can move your way!
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6nandneutral, first of all, I've had some drinks, so bear with me. I did fill out the reply section of my F6000, but as you well know, you have to play the game. I said something along the lines of "This is a fair and balanced report, and the 1st RO has encouraged me to excel. I will strive to do better". If the promotion board see me whinging, they'll immediately cast my report aside like a piece of rubbish. Despite my shift in attitide from my initial thread, I like to think I have enough sense to know that on my F6000 I should be the 'token SAC'. <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0">