It's called the ROYAL air force....
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It's called the ROYAL air force....
Sorry, but this really annoys me... The Royal Air Force. The most professional bunch of guys on the planet... With outstanding pilots etc... And we're advertising for a civilian chief pilot.
Well, if you want to fly the queen, stick in your PVR, and apply HERE
Well, if you want to fly the queen, stick in your PVR, and apply HERE
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Yes, I'm well aware of that... But why are we paying private contractors to fly the Royal family around? It's not an anti Royal thing.. I just thing that the Royal family should be flying around by the ROYAL air force.... Or perhaps I'm just living in the past?
But only if you can't spell!!
What is a "Memeber" in Royal terminology??
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"It provides a first class helicopter service to Memebers of the Royal Family engaged on official duties."
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Grob Driver, I read it twice but can't find any reference to the RAF, what's it got to do with Military Aircrew?
Y'see, the thing is, "We" are not paying for it. Buck House pays and the Civvy operators can do a better job of it than the RAF can. The RAF have all sorts of other short notice priorities but the civvy operators can turn down the ****ty jobs and stick to the VVIP Transport stuff.
Y'see, the thing is, "We" are not paying for it. Buck House pays and the Civvy operators can do a better job of it than the RAF can. The RAF have all sorts of other short notice priorities but the civvy operators can turn down the ****ty jobs and stick to the VVIP Transport stuff.
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Concur with AirPolice.
The helicopters in question are dedicated to the task of Royal and VVIP/Governmental transport, without a doubt far better maintained and aside from things that go bang, have far superior internal equippment than any equivilant military helicopter tasked to do the job.
Not only that and probably more importantly, they come in at a significantly cheaper hourly rate than any military equivilant.
Finally, most of the crews are ex military with thousands of hours doing similar jobs.
I don't know what all the fuss is about.
The helicopters in question are dedicated to the task of Royal and VVIP/Governmental transport, without a doubt far better maintained and aside from things that go bang, have far superior internal equippment than any equivilant military helicopter tasked to do the job.
Not only that and probably more importantly, they come in at a significantly cheaper hourly rate than any military equivilant.
Finally, most of the crews are ex military with thousands of hours doing similar jobs.
I don't know what all the fuss is about.
