A little evidence of senior officer surplus
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A little evidence of senior officer surplus
Idly following a fellow ex RAF mates linked-in contacts, it came upon me that rather a lot of senior RAF officers, including some of Air Rank, have been seconded to the olympic organising committee for a variety of different jobs, which are for the most part organisational and not RAF related.
Not enough for them to do in their day jobs ??
Not enough for them to do in their day jobs ??
Well, with such a paucity of Op medals amongst SOME of the hierarchy, they have to get a gong somehow......... Will this count as their OOA and exclude them from tomorrows adventure?
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Isn't that the RAF Fitness Test!
By the time they've finished cutting the Olympics will consist of the 40m dash, the monathlon and the marathon will be a 26.2 metre walk...
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There'll be a lot of ice creams & programmes that will need selling !
" Think of yourself as the ice cream Sir, now place it in the cornet as far away from the sharp end as possible, that's it Sir, you have got it"
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Idly following a fellow ex RAF mates linked-in contacts, it came upon me that rather a lot of senior RAF officers, including some of Air Rank, have been seconded to the olympic organising committee for a variety of different jobs, which are for the most part organisational and not RAF related.
Not enough for them to do in their day jobs ??
Not enough for them to do in their day jobs ??
Without wishing to stem the flow of cynicism and drollery here, I think you will find that 'rather a lot' of the 'rather a lot' are in security or air support-related jobs, or are retired. And regardless of what you may think of the senior officer cohort, I would rather see some of them involved in organising the Olympics than have everything in the hands of businessmen whose only claim to fame is an MBA, or, worse, failed politicians.
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Oh SAM XXV - I really don't know why I'm bothering with this (or you!), but my recollections of Main Building are rather different from yours - particularly when there was a war on - and as you may have noticed there has been lots of that in the last decade or two.
Even if there were a High Holborn tube station (note correct spelling) - which there is not - you would have to be deranged, or have overslept, to disembark there (or even Holborn, which does exist) to get to Main Building.
Moreover, the timetabled time from Uxbridge to Holborn is 54 mins - a sensible choice would be Westminster, taking only 52 mins (change at Baker Street from Metropolitan to Jubilee line) then a couple of minutes walk to the South Door. Or did you go back to Uxbridge for lunch to amass the "4 hours a day on the tube"? And by the way, with few (particularly busy) exceptions, it's PCs not Macs.
I have served a total of more than 4 years in the Main Building, in two of the ranks which you malign.
You Sir, from your apparently impressive detail - which is actually total horsefeathers - clearly never have.
Please go and play elsewhere.
Even if there were a High Holborn tube station (note correct spelling) - which there is not - you would have to be deranged, or have overslept, to disembark there (or even Holborn, which does exist) to get to Main Building.
Moreover, the timetabled time from Uxbridge to Holborn is 54 mins - a sensible choice would be Westminster, taking only 52 mins (change at Baker Street from Metropolitan to Jubilee line) then a couple of minutes walk to the South Door. Or did you go back to Uxbridge for lunch to amass the "4 hours a day on the tube"? And by the way, with few (particularly busy) exceptions, it's PCs not Macs.
I have served a total of more than 4 years in the Main Building, in two of the ranks which you malign.
You Sir, from your apparently impressive detail - which is actually total horsefeathers - clearly never have.
Please go and play elsewhere.
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Widger - that thought crossed my mind too - but he specifically talks about MB, strongly implying that he was there. As you rightly say - MB was different .......!