Weapon System Officer online?
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Weapon System Officer online?
Gents,
AFCO have just informed me WSO is now an option? Can anyone elaborate on this? Can't see anything on the careers site. Although both AFCO and site are notoriously unreliable. I've been out 18months now, most old oppo's I've contacted can't confirm either.
AFCO have just informed me WSO is now an option? Can anyone elaborate on this? Can't see anything on the careers site. Although both AFCO and site are notoriously unreliable. I've been out 18months now, most old oppo's I've contacted can't confirm either.
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A few people I know who sat their CBAT a month or so after me (October 2015) mentioned that WSO was on their grade sheet. However, as mentioned it wasn't available for DE.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
From the tittle I thought it meant I could do it from home on the internet.
Mmmmm, how much would it take to tempt me out of retirement? A lot, but I'm not sure my body would be up to another round of Friday SCT with Courtney Mil 
on the refresher.
on the refresher.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
2Planks, how about a half-way house for piloted remote nav vehicles?
Biggles hurls the woner jet around the skies while his trust nav sits in ground control watching the fuel, pigeons and the rear view cams
Perfect all round.
Biggles hurls the woner jet around the skies while his trust nav sits in ground control watching the fuel, pigeons and the rear view cams
Perfect all round.
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Mmmmm, how much would it take to tempt me out of retirement? A lot, but I'm not sure my body would be up to another round of Friday SCT with Courtney Mil on the refresher.
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Downsizer, I thought I'd create this thread as I had my suspicions regarding the AFCO being up to date and informed on anything too. Lo and behold they still have not changed since I originally joined.
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they are re-opening WSO training as they are very low on manning, the question you need to ask yourself is, do i want to be on P8 at Lossie? if the answer is yes, get involved, if the answer is no....don't bother. The rumour is very much true though. PS personally i cannot recommend WSO to anyone who hasn't joined already, it will be a very dry and thankless career, plus the new 'retention pay' scheme means that you won't get any extra pay than that of an admin or or OC bogs and drains for a considerable time, by which point you would have been promoted in either role.
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...or you could be on one of the 100 new Reaper/Protector crews, or new Shadow/RJ/E3 crews and not be at Lossie at all. In fact there's probably double the number of new WSO slots at Waddington in the next 5 years than there will be up North.
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I think it's still evens that P8 won't be going to the Costa Del Moray. As Uncle George says, the storm clouds are gathering and the major infra build required up north will be just as the big squeeze kicks in in public spending. Another quick basing study and it ends up at North Kesteven International, where the light blue, (stand fast the ex kipper fleet with housing interests in the NE) and Boeing thought it was going before 'call me Dave' decided to stick it to wee Jimmy Cranky.
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True. Basing decisions get changed. After all ISK was supposed to be the home of the GR4 from 2013-2025 with F35 going to Lossie in a similar timescale.