1 Jan Officer Promotions
Surprised to see 39 Sqn Ldr to Wg Cdr "Flying Branch" promotions on combined Jul 10 and Jan 11 lists - the "cut" advised at last year's promotion board was 28.
I heard a rumour that there were too many "other branch" Wg Cdrs and with the collapse of General Duty Wg Cdrs back to specialisation, then the balance needed re-adjusting - anyone else heard this?
LJ
I heard a rumour that there were too many "other branch" Wg Cdrs and with the collapse of General Duty Wg Cdrs back to specialisation, then the balance needed re-adjusting - anyone else heard this?
LJ
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Argue all you like - you usually complain that black is actually white. Just in case you didn't know, there is a recession on. Yes, there are jobs out there and some people are doing very well. However, across the Armed Forces as a whole, there is a slow down on people leaving at option points / before retirement - this is put down to the uncertainty of the civilian workplace and reduced recruitment elsewhere.
People are not leaving because there is less to go to, so promotion also gets hit. I didn't say there were no jobs - I said there were less
People are not leaving because there is less to go to, so promotion also gets hit. I didn't say there were no jobs - I said there were less
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Nice claim; where is your evidence? Is it just ill informed opinion or are you in the category of not looking hard enough or being one of the unemployables outside?
If I guess correctly, you're a self-employed contractor currently working at Abbey Wood. Good for you. I'm happily wearing my uniform and I'm happy you're happy not wearing a uniform. I don't know why you'd doubt my point, but crack on.
There are jobs on the outside, you just need to look for them. The problem is the expectation of salary and security at the moment. There is not, as yet, an appreciable draw from airlines for those that will only consider flying as an option; but this will change in time. For those that diversified away from flying during their careers (or those non-aircrew) there is still plenty of work outside as some sectors of the Defence Industry have escaped relatively unscathed. Given the trumpeted slashing of MoD MB & DE&S there will be plenty of work for Contractors as PTs struggle to fill the gap left by military/CS downsizing, particularly to support UOR programmes. My advice would be, if possible, diversify if you're still in the Services to give yourself as many options as possible at the next Option point / redundancy offer. The days of SO2s ticket-punching Staff Tour/Command Tour/Promotion & Staff College have gone for the time being.
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LJ, I believe the 28 were new promotees and the balance taking it up to 39 were those already of acting rank who were made substantive as they had been acting up for a period of 2 years.
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Doctors
QWIN,
I suspect it is more to do with retention of highly-trained medico skills against equivalent outside earning ability rather than career-advancing promotion as such. There were two lawyers on there as well.
S.O.
I suspect it is more to do with retention of highly-trained medico skills against equivalent outside earning ability rather than career-advancing promotion as such. There were two lawyers on there as well.
S.O.
