The cuts haven't reached the Herc Force yet then !
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The cuts haven't reached the Herc Force yet then !
Crabs are flying into Bardufoss on Fri to pick us up in a Herc. Crew of 10!!!!!. Accom offered here but they have already booked into the Bardufoss hotel. Will cost over 2 grand for the night. I hate Crabs
Just read this link on Facebook ! obviously not on the dist list when the news broke that we have a financial problem !
Just read this link on Facebook ! obviously not on the dist list when the news broke that we have a financial problem !
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How does f**k Off sound - why don't you walk home then
And maybe read the thread about what the C130 Force are doing in Libya and the constant ops for the last decade in Afghan/Iraq and other theatres?
The crew don't book the accn - thats the tasking agency.
I presume that the accn you offered allowed personnel to get an undisturbed nights sleep in single man rooms?
Or do you want a tired C130 crew flying you out over the mountains?
And yes it's a bite because I'm sick of people flinging mud towards the RAF and the C130 Force.
Just because things aren't great with other units and Services doesn't mean you can slag off the RAF.
Financial Hardship - that's sacrificing everything your Service stands for so you can have floating cocktail parties on huge flaptops with no embarked carrier aviation.
And maybe read the thread about what the C130 Force are doing in Libya and the constant ops for the last decade in Afghan/Iraq and other theatres?
The crew don't book the accn - thats the tasking agency.
I presume that the accn you offered allowed personnel to get an undisturbed nights sleep in single man rooms?
Or do you want a tired C130 crew flying you out over the mountains?
And yes it's a bite because I'm sick of people flinging mud towards the RAF and the C130 Force.
Just because things aren't great with other units and Services doesn't mean you can slag off the RAF.
Financial Hardship - that's sacrificing everything your Service stands for so you can have floating cocktail parties on huge flaptops with no embarked carrier aviation.
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[QUOTE=Hardly Worth it;6283170]Crabs are flying into Bardufoss on Fri to pick us up in a Herc. Crew of 10!!!!!. Accom offered here but they have already booked into the Bardufoss hotel. Will cost over 2 grand for the night. I hate Crabs QUOTE]
Good name, you're not!
I take it you'll turn down the lift then.
Thought not
Good name, you're not!
I take it you'll turn down the lift then.
Thought not
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WHAT!
There is accom, food and a bar here ready for them to use. Why spend over 2 grand when it doesn't need to be spent or could be spent on the frontline. Don't know where that is I suppose do you!
Thought a herc crew was 3. 2 drivers and a bag carrier. you should wake up and smell the coffee as the axe will fall on you as well
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But I do see the 'cuts' have found their way into the Navy.
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Ignore the Trolls/'Senior' Service wallies. Please please please don't feed them. You'll keep them here so they won't be able to go and play with each other in dresses.
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Ignore the Trolls/'Senior' Service wallies. Please please please don't feed them. You'll keep them here so they won't be able to go and play with each other in dresses.
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"Crabs are flying into Bardufoss on Fri to pick us up in a Herc. Crew of 10!!!!!. Accom offered here but they have already booked into the Bardufoss hotel. Will cost over 2 grand for the night. I hate Crabs"
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Due to the cuts, it's likely to be a training sortie. 2 student pilots + 1 instructor, 1 student loadie + 1 instructor, 1 ground engineer (for when Albert gives up the ghost), 2 movers and 2 ATSy coppers for pax processing. Total of 10.
If you don't want to be carried by students, as previous posters have said, WALK!
If you don't want to be carried by students, as previous posters have said, WALK!
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"Crabs are flying into Bardufoss on Fri to pick us up in a Herc. Crew of 10!!!!!. Accom offered here but they have already booked into the Bardufoss hotel. Will cost over 2 grand for the night. I hate Crabs"
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For a minute there I thought I'd erroneously logged into AArse - no my mistake! Let's see if we can set a new record for a thread being taken down. You've not just missed out redundancy have you or perhaps canx a run ashore in the med in your floating, soon to be decommissioned gin palace whilst the skirmish in Libya develops? I hate WAFUs.
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You're name says it all, unbelievable post, as mentioned have you seen what the crews did last weekend and what they are currently doing elsewhere and have done in the past including the tragic loss of one of our aircraft.
You're name says it all, unbelievable post, as mentioned have you seen what the crews did last weekend and what they are currently doing elsewhere and have done in the past including the tragic loss of one of our aircraft.
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Typical Crabs
Straight to the emergency banter. Hit a nerve I can tell. The truth hurts fella. You need to remember you are a serviceman in the Armed Forces like the Navy and Army. Don't like service accom/life then go and fly a civvy jet. Better still take redundancy and hand the reins to either of the other services who will take pride in the job and actually get airborne thinking about picking up troops rather than hotels and subs. In 23 years I have only been on 3 flights that have taken off on time. That says it all. THINK OF THE BLOKES ON THE GROUND DOING THE REAL JOB AND PAYING FOR IT.
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Norway, deary me !
OMG it could be worse for you, after all we could be watching you sail around the Caribbean getting pissed and sunning yourself meanwhile trying to look gutted when the fridges break and you have to spend 5 days on a Carib island on channel 5 couldnt we ?
OMG it could be worse for you, after all we could be watching you sail around the Caribbean getting pissed and sunning yourself meanwhile trying to look gutted when the fridges break and you have to spend 5 days on a Carib island on channel 5 couldnt we ?
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"I hate Crabs"
"Ignore the Trolls/'Senior' Service wallies. Please please please don't feed them. You'll keep them here so they won't be able to go and play with each other in dresses."
"I hate WAFU's"
"THINK OF THE BLOKES ON THE GROUND DOING THE REAL JOB AND PAYING FOR IT."
God help us all
"Ignore the Trolls/'Senior' Service wallies. Please please please don't feed them. You'll keep them here so they won't be able to go and play with each other in dresses."
"I hate WAFU's"
"THINK OF THE BLOKES ON THE GROUND DOING THE REAL JOB AND PAYING FOR IT."
God help us all
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Remind everyone, who's helicopters go in with the brave MERT teams and recover casualties in the current and past theatres. Who's aircraft do re-supply in very difficult conditions. Maybe worth thinking before speaking
Remind everyone, who's helicopters go in with the brave MERT teams and recover casualties in the current and past theatres. Who's aircraft do re-supply in very difficult conditions. Maybe worth thinking before speaking
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Lets be serious. There is no reason that this should be occurring. 10 people in a hotel when accommodation is offered is criminal. Get off your high horse about single rooms - things have changed, aircrew are getting perfectly good sleep 4 or more to a room.
Some of the attitudes on show here make it unsurprising what our army colleagues thinks of us. Grow up, one team, stop looking out for ourselves at the expense of reality.
Some of the attitudes on show here make it unsurprising what our army colleagues thinks of us. Grow up, one team, stop looking out for ourselves at the expense of reality.
Of course a considerable amount more than £2,000 could have been saved, for the front line, if the Exercise (I am assuming it is an Exercise and Bardufoss isn't full of Libyans, AQ, or Brits requiring evacuation) had been cancelled in the first place.... 
Oh yes, the operating cost of Typhoon has been quoted as £80,000 an hour - get 1 Typhoon pilot to do one less circuit at the end of a sortie and you save about £6,000! Simples!!!
What are the operating costs of a Type 45 per day, a air defence Destroyer without any air defence missiles...
How much does it cost to run a challenger tank for a day......
People in glass houses..........
Oh yes, the operating cost of Typhoon has been quoted as £80,000 an hour - get 1 Typhoon pilot to do one less circuit at the end of a sortie and you save about £6,000! Simples!!!
What are the operating costs of a Type 45 per day, a air defence Destroyer without any air defence missiles...
How much does it cost to run a challenger tank for a day......
People in glass houses..........