P8 to Waddington
Let's face it, the P8 isn't going to be doing Stage 2 in D001 or the Moray Firth and the training regime will be considerably different from that on the Nimrod; MR1 or 2. Neither will it be sitting on a barrier somewhere south of the gaps waiting for a Yankee in transit to the the Westlant box. I don't know what the P8 profiles or operational concepts will be, but I am certain that they will be very different from those of the Nimrod. They won't be updating the Malin Head AGI in the transit either.
I operated the Nimrod from the North Pole to the South Pacific and most places in between. That would have been achieved from the centre of the country equally as well as from St Mawgan or Kinloss. My mention of Gaydon as a specific location was tongue in cheek, but I would challenge the necessity of the P8 having to be parked next to the sea; North or South.
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And with that comment, I guess we should start up the number plate argument again. I only have tours on 42TB 120 and 206 behind me but can see how 201 has a claim as the senior number. Has the Poseidon squadron number been announced yet?
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Oh yeah. Like manning the P8 isn't going to be difficult verging on impossible already."...by the way you'll have to live in Haverford West"
"Oh I'm sorry, I seem to have a call from Conoco on the other line...Good day"
"Oh I'm sorry, I seem to have a call from Conoco on the other line...Good day"
Brawdy is closing and the Army moving out.
Boeing are just about to build a large hangar for servicing the Dreamliner at Gatwick, perhaps they could tag the P8 onto that scheme. Handy for the channel, North sea and the Atlantic. No need for all those uniformed, expensive techies......
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If you want to be in the south............
Manston ?
St Mawgan ?
Lydd ??
if you want to be in the north.............
Blackpool ?
Humberside ??
None of those are busy.
If you want a military site
Mildenhall will be empty soon.................
Wattisham might be as well ??
Leeming isn't busy...............
Just some thoughts
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Manston ?
St Mawgan ?
Lydd ??
if you want to be in the north.............
Blackpool ?
Humberside ??
None of those are busy.
If you want a military site
Mildenhall will be empty soon.................
Wattisham might be as well ??
Leeming isn't busy...............
Just some thoughts
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Oh yeah. Like manning the P8 isn't going to be difficult verging on impossible already."...by the way you'll have to live in Haverford West"
"Oh I'm sorry, I seem to have a call from Conoco on the other line...Good day"
"Oh I'm sorry, I seem to have a call from Conoco on the other line...Good day"
PS, road to God's country (Port Talbot) is much better these days; and better than 8 hours to the Chunnel!
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1. Finningley?
2. CG, unless things have changed, New entrants go where the system thinks they are suited. IMHO there were more Scots at ISK than Welsh, but most aircrew were English, so getting locally employed support staff would not be impossible but aircrew would be something else.
At least today you are unlikely to have the Newquay B&B owners bitching about serving at Kinloss.
2. CG, unless things have changed, New entrants go where the system thinks they are suited. IMHO there were more Scots at ISK than Welsh, but most aircrew were English, so getting locally employed support staff would not be impossible but aircrew would be something else.
At least today you are unlikely to have the Newquay B&B owners bitching about serving at Kinloss.
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Can't be Leeming. That must be earmarked for Lossie's Typhoons when Scotland goes indy.
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OAP, surely a civil airport has better security? At an airfield near me there were holes in the wire and the runway ends are practically open. Back in the day Prestwich offered secure parking.
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but most aircrew were English, so getting locally employed support staff would not be impossible but aircrew would be something else
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SB, do they want back in? Or are you implying that they remain domiciled there but are employed to the south?
Mind you, that never stopped the FJ sqns shuffling up and down the country although I bet a fair few emulated the SHAR aircrews who voted with their feet on a move to Cottesmore.
Mind you, that never stopped the FJ sqns shuffling up and down the country although I bet a fair few emulated the SHAR aircrews who voted with their feet on a move to Cottesmore.
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I find the crew aspect odd.
It's a mobile service, mobile role with mobile assets - why do people think they will be permanently based in one location ??
I was always reckoning on being posted every 3 years...............it went with the territory (and the paycheck).
Even nowadays in a civilian job I fully expect to be mobile and to go where the work is.
Manning will be an issue. But it shouldn't be................
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It's a mobile service, mobile role with mobile assets - why do people think they will be permanently based in one location ??
I was always reckoning on being posted every 3 years...............it went with the territory (and the paycheck).
Even nowadays in a civilian job I fully expect to be mobile and to go where the work is.
Manning will be an issue. But it shouldn't be................
Arc
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