Hoorah for Boris!

[Tankertrashnav]

I regularly serve one of those in the filling station where I work. Navy pilot, flying suit, no hat. Whatever happened to changing into flying gear on base? Oh, and does anyone in the Navy actually own a hat these days? I never see anyone wearing one.

[The Old Fat One]

Unlike the WSOp that I saw outside my local Co-op yesterday who was wearing a flying suit (5 Sqn badges) minus any trace of a hat while he was stuffing a pasty into his mouth.

Good on that fella...whoever he is. Got bollocked by OC PMS at Kinloss for snogging my bird outside the gym, in a flying suit suit minus hat. Guess we WSOPs just had slightly different priorities

[Wensleydale]

Guess we WSOPs just had slightly different priorities

and low standards.

[Arty Fufkin]

And there I was thinking all ex navs worked in MacDonalds. You live and learn.

[Tankertrashnav]

And there I was thinking all ex navs worked in MacDonalds.

Nah - failed the IQ test for MacDonalds

[The Old Fat One]

and low standards.

I refer the honourable gentlemen to studies which conclude that military "bull" is usually inversely proportional to operational performance, and also that a preference for such is usually a indicator of an anally retentive authoritarian personality.

But yes, in matters of drill, dress and deportment, my standards were rock bottom and remained so throughout a moderately successful career.

Which is why I never did any parades

[Tankertrashnav]

I refer the honourable gentlemen to studies which conclude that military "bull" is usually inversely proportional to operational performance, and also that a preference for such is usually a indicator of an anally retentive authoritarian personality.

Bull is one thing, walking around in public like a sack of proverbial tied in the middle is another. I'd like to see these "studies which conclude ..." - I rather think the honourable gentleman has made them up!

[top_cover]

Free travel in uniform?

Having attended a service in London yesterday I proceeded to catch the underground home, imagine my surprise to hear that I would have to pay to travel when I understood that for servicemen travelling in uniform it was free. Now is it that I have the rules wrong, or that the staff at Marble Arch tube station did not know the rules? I did have a look on the Internet to see which was which and I am still not sure of the answer as there is very little about the announcement made by boris in October. So was this a bit of bravado and vote catching by Boris or poor communication by TFL? Anybody know the rules and know where they are written?

[lj101]

Veterans travel in London

You can apply to join the Veterans Concessionary Travel Scheme in London if you are:

a veteran getting financial help under the War Pensions Scheme
a veteran getting regular financial help under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
a war widow or war widower getting financial help from the War Pensions or Armed Forces Compensation Schemes.
Under the Veterans Concessionary Travel Scheme, you will be issued with an Oyster photocard. You can use this to travel free at any time within London on the bus, underground, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), tram and London overground services.

You can find out more information about this scheme by contacting Transport for London. Their contact details are:

Helpline: 0845 331 9872 (open Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 5.00pm)
Website: Home | Transport for London.

Citizens Advice - Benefits and concessions for the Armed Forces, veterans and their families

Does that cover your question?

[top_cover]

Tks lj,
Doesn't really answer though. On 8th October the BBC reported that Boris had promised at the Tory conference that all servicemen in uniform would be given free London Underground travel. My question is was that a false promise? Or has it just not been passed to TFL?

[essexlad]

Ive only ever travelle home in uniform when i was in a rush to get to the train station and changing into civvies was going to be cutting i fine. Wasnt too bothered if i was in CS95 because it doesnt look a bag of s*** at the end of the working day. But felt i looked a state wearing blues that have creases all over my shirt and trousers after a full day at work. Would always change into civvies when i got into central london though. Just for my own peace of mind really

[The Old Fat One]

Bull is one thing, walking around in public like a sack of proverbial tied in the middle is another. I'd like to see these "studies which conclude ..." - I rather think the honourable gentleman has made them up!

I refer the honourable gentlemen to the performance of the viet cong and Israeli armed forces and rest my case.

PS

I believe those Zulu chaps did OK for a while as well.

[Lima Juliet]

I travelled on the Tube for free in No 1s last week - no problemo...

[orgASMic]

TfL chap at my local tube station waved me through on Sunday morning as I was en route to Westminster in No1s. Got to Westminster station to be told "Not on weekends, sir". "Not on Remembrance Sunday?" I asked. He took the hint and let me through. Still had to pay on the way home though.

[Pontius Navigator]

I suppose this weekday concession will be really useful for the daily commute. I hope that they pay the full wack for duty journeys and let the MOD pay rather than shagging the freebie as it is an easier option.

Maybe people will commute in uniform and change into civvies when they get to MB - saves travelling home in a scruffy uniform you have worn all day

Originally Posted by Big Bear

isn't that a sign of the trust that the general population put in those in uniform.

As it is just after Remembrance Day this may bear repeating.

I was walking in town, in uniform, when I was hailed by this woman across the street. When I realised it was me she was shouting at I waited until she came across. She pressed a fiver in to my hand as she said she had missed the RAFA collection the week before and could I put this in the time for her.

Now that is Trust.

No, I didn't go to the golden arches, I did put it in the tin in accounts.