Harry quits flying

[SASless]

One thing I have never figured out.....if the first in line gets bumped off for some reason....everyone in the queue shuffles forward a step.....Right?

So...what is the big deal about the Lads and Lasses going off to War one at a time and taking the chance of being denied the Big Chair?

When a Chip Shop Owner's kids go off to War....and the Senior one gets killed....the next in line has a shot at taking over the family business.

So what is different with the Royals in that regard?

[Lima Juliet]

How very dare you, Sir. Comparing the UK to a chip shop!

[TBM-Legend]

Harry's new job to review the paraded!

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=44537

[Romulus]

Originally Posted by leon jaba

How very dare you, Sir. Comparing the UK to a chip shop!

Indeed.

Chip shop owners work hard and make a living determined solely by their own efforts...

Flame on!

[TBM-Legend]

Or he could take up cricket !!!

[Sloppy Link]

Training Return Of Service is 6 years on wings, 4 years on completion of Apache CTT. Point is, the return of service is to the service, not the cockpit.

SL

[Tankertrashnav]

One thing I have never figured out.....if the first in line gets bumped off for some reason....everyone in the queue shuffles forward a step.....Right?

Thats true. However I suppose we'd just be a bit upset if anything happened to the ones at the head of the queue, as there are some a bit further down the list we'd certainly not want as the monarch (no names!)

By the way if Obama and Biden both snuffed it simultaneously - who'd be next? I guess there's a contingency plan.

[Gerontocrat]

Something in the back of my memory tells me that the interim Presidency devolves to the Speaker of the House.

[Toadstool]

Oh good, John Boehner, the darling of Fox News, the bastion of impartial reporting.

Sorry - back to thread - well done Prince Harry Sir.

[SASless]

Yeppers.....If the Welfare Man and Walter snuffed it simultaneously.....after all the cheering and partying quieted down....the Speaker of the House would assume the Office of the President.....then the crying would start.

[Heathrow Harry]

wikipedia has the lsit as
# Office Current officer 1 Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (D) 2 Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) 3 President pro tempore of the Senate Patrick Leahy (D) 4 Secretary of State John Kerry (D) 5 Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew (D) 6 Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (R) 7 Attorney General Eric Holder (D) — Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell (D)[a] 8 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (D) 9 Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (D) 10 Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez (D) 11 Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (D) 12 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan (D) 13 Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx (D) 14 Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (D) 15 Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (D) 16 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki (I) 17 Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
Sally Jewell is British born and therefore not eligible

[parabellum]

And yes - the Royals are going to have a cushy time of it: parties, polo and pate. Wouldn’t you if all that money was available? (earned…or given? Discuss!!). I have stated on record on previous threads that a bespoke wings course at Cranditz, a very accelerated captaincy Q on SAR and very carefully and safely managed tours as a FAC/Apache pilot, is nothing more than PR spin for a 24-hour news society obsessed with knowing far more than they need to about the Royals.

Just about everything you say above has already been discredited, here on PPRuNe, by people who know because of their position and by some who were actually involved 1 on 1 in the service of William and Harry. Why do you bother to regurgitate such tosh? Both will be in uniform for the rest of their lives and probably working 360 days a year well into their eighties, really cushy, eh?

[SASless]

Not a one of them qualified for the Office I might add.....except by right of holding an Office.

[kaikohe76]

I would think that, Prince harry would much rather be in the front seat of an Apache Helicopter, than flying a desk & may well be better at it too!

[500N]

Agree.


SaS
The same would apply to everyone else as well.

At least they make a good fist of it most of the time.
In addition, you'd be hard pressed to find too many Politician's families
where so many generations have been to or served during a war
- The Queen, Prince Phillip, Prince Andrew (regardless of everything else,
he did his job), Prince Harry and a few others as well. I think William would
have liked to have served on the front line.

[Whenurhappy]

500N - as ever a good post. Furthermore, I cannot imagine any in the Army, or indeed in civilian life who could fill the role of SO2 Engagements, London District, as well as Capt Wales. His currency in PR terms is immense. Let's say the Army is trying to organise sponsorship for some sort of Tournament. Who would industry and media be interested in having a meeting with? Capt Kevin Snodgrass AGC (late entry) or Prince Harry? Arguably more valuable, in light of the draw-down, than being a line Apache operator

[BBadanov]

^

I agree with what he said.

In Sydney last year, Harry was a huge and popular drawcard for the Navy's 100th anniversary of the Great Oz Fleet sailing in - and we are supposedly not so pro-monarchy !! Hmmm, go figure...

[Tankertrashnav]

Not a one of them qualified for the Office I might add.....except by right of holding an Office.

Needs clarification SAS - my understanding is that by your use of the word "office" you are referring to the list which HH posted, not the royals, as 500N assumed?

Whenurhappy - very well put.

[SASless]

I was referring to only the American Politicians in that long list.

A few were elected....and we know how that happens. The rest were appointed by the President upon advice by his unelected advisor in chief Valarie Jarrett of Chicago Slum Lord fame. Knowing how Chicago Politics operates that does not fill one with great hopes and expectations.

[Training Risky]

Just about everything you say above has already been discredited, here on PPRuNe, by people who know because of their position and by some who were actually involved 1 on 1 in the service of William and Harry. Why do you bother to regurgitate such tosh? Both will be in uniform for the rest of their lives and probably working 360 days a year well into their eighties, really cushy, eh

I have been through exactly the same flying courses as Wills, maybe a couple of years prior, but I still know how the system works. The average bloggs is not meant to get a specially tailored course with oodles of flex...with no change in QHI...at the wrong FT station...with plenty of time off for public engagements... then easily ditch the job after a few years to concentrate on being a 'working royal'. I have already said I respect the guy on a personal level for wanting to do the job, but you must recognise that a lot of it was stage-managed for public consumption!

Working 360 days? Please don't compare the work I HAVE to do in order to pay the mortgage and feed the kids with an OPTIONAL program of smiling at villagers, opening Fleet Reviews and signing red boxes full of paperwork. Yes you get chased by the papparazzi a bit, but it's a small price to pay for having financial security for yourself and your kids/grandkids...for life

I'm not a rabid republican, just a realist. I still think it's better having a Monarch than a President...I just don't believe in falling for the hype.

I cannot imagine any in the Army, or indeed in civilian life who could fill the role of SO2 Engagements, London District, as well as Capt Wales. His currency in PR terms is immense. Let's say the Army is trying to organise sponsorship for some sort of Tournament. Who would industry and media be interested in having a meeting with? Capt Kevin Snodgrass AGC (late entry) or Prince Harry? Arguably more valuable, in light of the draw-down, than being a line Apache operator

Thanks for making my point for me. If I could spend the rest of my career gladhanding contractors in Annabel's nightclub...I would! Good luck to the fella.