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[I must have been dreaming watching all those sunrises from 20k ft, 6 or 7 hours after take-off, still strapped to my ejection seat.
Not necessarily pilot-related, but an illustration of the difference between life in the army and the navy that was doing the rounds during the last Iraq war...
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Originally Posted by Ken Scott
Just another jockey: I obviously forgot about the QRA chaps who stayed at work after the rest of the Sqn went to the bar but most of the FJ stations shut at 1700 on weekdays & didn't open at weekends, at least the ones I was at did. The late lamented secret Wiltshire airbase & the Oxfordshire airport are (were) 24/7, at least for the aircrew & those supporting flying. Adminers & other assorted folk still stick to the weekday hours.
Like I said; never let the truth....
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Every time a military pilot commits aviation, they demonstrate absolute faith in a much larger team of hard working professionals who got them fed, watered, briefed and strapped in to a (mainly) serviceable aircraft. They depend upon the service intelligence chain to get them in and out of the sortie without needing an NOK card, and they rely on their colleagues to do it with them as often as required.
Sadly these days, they can also rely on the Government of the day to make sure that whatever they bombed, recce'd, torpedoed or plinked was a futile gesture in vote winning and had little or no effect on the conflict's outcome due to a complete absence of an operational objective since 2001.
Sadly these days, they can also rely on the Government of the day to make sure that whatever they bombed, recce'd, torpedoed or plinked was a futile gesture in vote winning and had little or no effect on the conflict's outcome due to a complete absence of an operational objective since 2001.
I believe the transport force can thank Wg Cdr "Basil" D'Olivera who many years ago decided that any fool can be uncomfortable, and strove very hard to get air conditioned accommodation down the route at places like Gan. This, naturally, has morphed into single hotel rooms for all operators because we now rarely go to places that have on base accommodation - unless at Akrotiri or in theatre.
We don't dig in, we check in.
As a friend said when he heard someone was going camping, "As far as I am concerned, that is dropping down to a 3 Star!"
We don't dig in, we check in.
As a friend said when he heard someone was going camping, "As far as I am concerned, that is dropping down to a 3 Star!"
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I have had many drinks bought for me by RAF, RN and RM pilots.
I can't recall one from an Army pilot.
I can't recall one from an Army pilot.
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I was talking about the Tornado sqns that have been flying combat or operational missions virtually continuously since 1991 and are still doing it today. Any day, all weathers, night, weekends, holidays, whenever they're needed, supporting both the boys & girls in green and those in blue too.
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I just love threads like this. Members from all walks of life gang up on each other to prove they work harder than everyone else.
Why don't we just wind our necks in and accept that all of us work bloody hard? Apart from me. I'm a lazy bugger (thought I'd add that before anyone else got in there!).
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Why don't we just wind our necks in and accept that all of us work bloody hard? Apart from me. I'm a lazy bugger (thought I'd add that before anyone else got in there!).
BV
You're quite right BobViking. With the depressing inevitability and the intractable certainty of a glacier sliding downhill,this thread now slides downhill into 'I work harder than you'. Can't we just have fun for once and a bit of friendly banter?
Can't we just have fun for once and a bit of friendly banter?
CG (I worked very very hard, ask Shy Torque.)
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Chris K - my original point as I recall (it seems soo long ago) was to refute that rather tired old stereotype about the RAF only working weekdays. Happy to have 'made my point'.
Right, back to planning this weekend's route....
Right, back to planning this weekend's route....
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One of my early pals Alan Curtis 55 Sqn RAF left to go the NZ A/F then came back to Navy Sea Harriers. Alan was one of the pair that went missing in the Falklands after bagging himself an Argy Canberra.
So a pilot had gone RAF Navy.
So a pilot had gone RAF Navy.