RAF Redundancies
All RAF Harrier pilots already have a new cockpit/job
Prospects of a cockpit looking slim with limited places on Tiffy and GR4 OCUs!
Good luck to 'em.
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Jayland, I hope these are real jobs and not mark-time to redundancy. Remember there is time for a full tour in a non-job before tranche 2 or 3.
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All RAF Harrier pilots already have a new cockpit/job
Errr...not quite. Some mates of mine with at least 2 op tours under their belts are currently wearing blue, filing paperclips and straightening chairs for the 5000-odd senior officers still resident in RAF Buckinghamshire whilst still drawing flying pay.
Jayand - from what I heard very few 2 winged master race will be chopped from the Kipper fleet, they have all squirreled [sic] away UAS and other such pointless postings
You should be aware that there may not be any JO pilot redundancies. Then again until the DIN is published, we just wont know for certain, will we?
Roly, old bean, I feel so sorry for chaps (and chapesses...chapthings) with your years of experience, drive and initiative.
Who have been sold up the river by 't Bungling Baron and the 13 years of Blair and Broon wrecking our economy.
Whilst getting some stick time at a UAS/AEF might be a lot more fun than counting paperclips for desk-sucking blotter-jotters at Hot Air Command, I can't help but wonder how the impressionable youngsters flying with such holding pilots would view the future RAF.
But a holding squadron of Hawks (which any bugger can fly, they are so pi$$-easy), to keep pilot skills current might be a different matter....
However, none of the above will keep maritime rear crew skills adequately current.
Thank you for destroying the country, Bliar and Broon....
Who have been sold up the river by 't Bungling Baron and the 13 years of Blair and Broon wrecking our economy.
Whilst getting some stick time at a UAS/AEF might be a lot more fun than counting paperclips for desk-sucking blotter-jotters at Hot Air Command, I can't help but wonder how the impressionable youngsters flying with such holding pilots would view the future RAF.
But a holding squadron of Hawks (which any bugger can fly, they are so pi$$-easy), to keep pilot skills current might be a different matter....
However, none of the above will keep maritime rear crew skills adequately current.
Thank you for destroying the country, Bliar and Broon....
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"However, none of the above will keep maritime rear crew skills adequately current"
Current for what? they will be getting the axe very shortly and currency will be the last of their worries.
Current for what? they will be getting the axe very shortly and currency will be the last of their worries.
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I think BEagle may be on to a winner with his idea of a Hawk holding squadron. All you'd need is an airfield near to some decent low flying and an air-to-ground range (somewhere like North Devon maybe) and at minimal cost you could hone young pilots' skills in tactics and weaponry... only thing is, I'm stuck for what such a unit might be called - any suggestions?
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Can anyone tell me if I've got my sums right for the SCP if you not at your pension point? As far as I can work out its...
Years served * one months pay (tax free but not including specialist pay, ie Flying pay) * 1.5
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Years served * one months pay (tax free but not including specialist pay, ie Flying pay) * 1.5
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Maybe you could fill such a unit with lots of instructor pilots recently returned from op tours whose FJ types have just gone out of service. They'd be invaluable passing on the knowledge with a few QWIs for the latest generic tactics and weaponry. Maybe 3 waves a day, a few pairs and the odd 4 ship. You could split the course into two phases, maybe an AD Phase for the guys going Typhoon and a gnd attack phase for the guys going..........well Typhoon I guess. Can't think of a suitable name either. Devon a bit remote though as locations go and not much to do at weekends, no decent pubs, beaches not great, surf a bit flat I hear. Valley would be a much better location!
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A friend - wife of a senior officer Nav - of Mrs Whyte reports that her hubby has been told his job is safe.
Do all senior officers have such important jobs that none are vulnerable in the forthcoming redundancy tranches, or has their stay/go selection process been completed already?
Seems a bit odd that friend of Mrs W seemed so certain of her hubby's job security given SDSR numbers were announced relatively recently, and us mere mortals won't find out T1 names until September, although I accept some may get a heads up sooner, perhaps.
Anyone heard of anything different (and bearing in mind this is a rumour network).
Do all senior officers have such important jobs that none are vulnerable in the forthcoming redundancy tranches, or has their stay/go selection process been completed already?
Seems a bit odd that friend of Mrs W seemed so certain of her hubby's job security given SDSR numbers were announced relatively recently, and us mere mortals won't find out T1 names until September, although I accept some may get a heads up sooner, perhaps.
Anyone heard of anything different (and bearing in mind this is a rumour network).
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Back in December the Navy saw fit to keep their personnel informed about the upcoming redundancies and issued a Galaxy Briefing Note.
Along with details of the programme and key dates were details of those cadres excluded from the redundancy programme.
Maybe the SO in question is in one of those cadres.
http://www.nff.org.uk/pdfdocs/redund...me_dec2010.pdf
Along with details of the programme and key dates were details of those cadres excluded from the redundancy programme.
Maybe the SO in question is in one of those cadres.
http://www.nff.org.uk/pdfdocs/redund...me_dec2010.pdf
Maybe they could come back to Rutland or other bases and cover duties like the Audit Board Members whilst those of us who are doing 2, 3 or 4 jobs can concentrate on doing our primary role.
Board members over the last couple of years appear to inhabit a parallel universe in which everyone's primary duties are a piece of piss and can be completed without so much as a second thought! Just wait until the number of 'biffs' occupying supervisory roles on flying sqns starts to increase - we'll have some great creches and summer balls, but the operational output will be rubbish. Plus we will have accumulated a pool of passed-over, pissed-off Flt Lts who work 50-hour weeks covering for the 'biffs' and get an SO3 ground tour as a thank-you for their efforts...
