In my last 12 months in the RAF I will...
I got stuffed onto a Royal prep on a Ten, but sated my disappointment by doing a rather loud multi engine ground run during the strictly verboten Staishes church parade period.
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May be but he wasn't alone.
"One up, all up". "The sound of freedom". The asymmetric overshoot at 2300 or later. The dazzling tight circuit and short landing to get on the taxyway in front of the Lightning that cut him up.
Many of you do it.
That last by a sqn ldr that became a standing courts martial president.
"One up, all up". "The sound of freedom". The asymmetric overshoot at 2300 or later. The dazzling tight circuit and short landing to get on the taxyway in front of the Lightning that cut him up.
Many of you do it.
That last by a sqn ldr that became a standing courts martial president.
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Only engine trade on the VIP prep cleared for ground running and hence why I was on it, aircraft required oils re-establishing before departure (every 28 days), ATC was not required for permission for ground runs, they were simply notified as a courtesy over the radio or if we required fire cover for high power runs. Eng ops was, but it was a Royal flight and required, so it was the only real dispensation you could normally get, unless we carried out a parallel start with a departing jet out of hours, which we often did at night.
Really, rather like the Phantom at Saints between the sheds, where some poor sod broke a leg because of it, or the Jaguar at Colt on the taxyway that nearly hit a car.... shall I go on, mine made a noise and gave God something better to listen too than the padre droning on, theirs nearly killed people!
What an utterly childish display of petulance.
Spend your last 12 months doing your best to ensure that you make the best possible preparation for the rest of your life. When you go, GO. Don’t look back but put all your efforts into your new career whatever that may be. Although I maintained contact with friends in the service I deliberately avoided reunions, squadron associations and the like and concentrated on my new life. After 5 years I felt sufficiently removed from the service to decide what connections I would wish to make and very selectively established them.
Enjoy life,
YS
Enjoy life,
YS
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Well said, YS ... exactly what we did. No link to the past, we both looked to the future. It’s only in the last couple of years that we have re-established contact with some other oldies from the old days ... and they are few.
Forgive me for saying this, but RBL and RAFA make me shiver ... people who (some of them) do good work, but mostly totally living in the past instead of today and tomorrow.
Forgive me for saying this, but RBL and RAFA make me shiver ... people who (some of them) do good work, but mostly totally living in the past instead of today and tomorrow.
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Agreed, went to the Christmas party 2 weeks after I left and bar my photography at Cosford and Waddington, I have not stepped back on an RAF station since. I have been contacted by a couple of old friends and also contacted one... but that is it, agree about the RAFA etc, It was like my smoking, my resettlement period was over Christmas, so I said to myself on new years eve, that's the RAF done with and these too... never smoked since.
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My daughter was visiting my last station and I was invited to lunch. Big smiles, welcome back, pleased to see you - from the staff!
Out is out. Out the gate, out of touch. Stay out.
Do meet old friends from time to time but when I was had never been one of the topics.
Out is out. Out the gate, out of touch. Stay out.
Do meet old friends from time to time but when I was had never been one of the topics.
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Did you get a refund for the first PVR when you rejoined?
Below the Glidepath - not correcting
r2 - Your ultimate goal after leaving should be that people have to guess whether you were previously in the Armed Forces. If it's that obvious, you never really left....
Well said Nut loose re St Athan fly by etc, that will always be the difference between commissioned hi jinx and non commissioned bad behaviour.
On a different note, when handing my kit in the young stores person asked.......what are these Chief? My issue Puttees and balaclava I replied. It then hit home that it was time to go!
On a different note, when handing my kit in the young stores person asked.......what are these Chief? My issue Puttees and balaclava I replied. It then hit home that it was time to go!
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Have to agree with Nutty and Teamchief
The things I saw when I served that were acceptable for the commissioned ranks, that would have warranted an investigation from PNSS for OR were manyfold.
I respect a lot of what Beagle posts on here, being Ex-Victor groundcrew, but that comes over as beyond pompous
Let him without sin......
The things I saw when I served that were acceptable for the commissioned ranks, that would have warranted an investigation from PNSS for OR were manyfold.
I respect a lot of what Beagle posts on here, being Ex-Victor groundcrew, but that comes over as beyond pompous
Let him without sin......
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Please excuse my pedantry however the thread was entitled...
.etc,etc. Not "I did" during my last 12 months
If this was a troll to discover who might be soon be seeking greener pastures, it has failed miserably. Seems like almost everyone has already gone.
...and I was in on Friday and gone by Monday. Had one regret but could not drag it back to cancel half a line. No regrets since.
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....In my last 12 months I will...
If this was a troll to discover who might be soon be seeking greener pastures, it has failed miserably. Seems like almost everyone has already gone.
...and I was in on Friday and gone by Monday. Had one regret but could not drag it back to cancel half a line. No regrets since.
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Except if you were a Harrier pilot.
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I often sit I in the cheap seats on stuff like this and chuckle at some of the comments, however not WRT to one comment on this thread. The RBL and the people who work for them are IMHO beyond reproach. They are the go-to organisation when it comes to all matters medical discharge and numerous other issues. It is however shameful that the so-called HR elements of the UK military, the MOD and in particular Veterans UK do not operate in the same professional, compassionate and empathetic manner! If you make comments like this then you truly do not know the RBL and all it stands for. No direct dealings with RAFA but I know some great people still in the Service who support them by raising money.
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I often sit I in the cheap seats on stuff like this and chuckle at some of the comments, however not WRT to one comment on this thread. The RBL and the people who work for them are IMHO beyond reproach. They are the go-to organisation when it comes to all matters medical discharge and numerous other issues. It is however shameful that the so-called HR elements of the UK military, the MOD and in particular Veterans UK do not operate in the same professional, compassionate and empathetic manner! If you make comments like this then you truly do not know the RBL and all it stands for. No direct dealings with RAFA but I know some great people still in the Service who support them by raising money.
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In my last year I will.....Get deployed to the ME for a nostalgia tour. Although as it's a 6 week exercise and not an op deployment apparently that's ok. Just happens to coincide with some non-frequent resettlement stuff I would rather be doing. Hey ho!
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Can you not put in a formal complaint, I would hint to the person sending you on it to expect the basic permitted performance. Fight for it, it is your future at stake, not theirs.
Leaving? Are you sure?
Frst let me don my tin hat and take shelter. Yes you're leaving, many of you with goodish pensions (wait for it). Let me outline my travails as a part time peguin and full time civvy.
If you think the RAF can be a scummy number, for that's what comes across then I assure you civvy st is no bed of roses. Work for Rolls Royce,check...but they went bust in 1970 chucking a lot of us on an already crowded jobs market. One company I worked for I found the directors with their fingers in the pensions till, two others were sold out from under me as yes, you got it the directors, sold out took the money and ran. In both cases they sold going concerns to competitiors who promptly closed down their new aquisition. Result penny pinched scattered pension and not much to show for 46 years on the coal face of industry. Compared to that 12 years VRT service seemed magical
If you think the RAF can be a scummy number, for that's what comes across then I assure you civvy st is no bed of roses. Work for Rolls Royce,check...but they went bust in 1970 chucking a lot of us on an already crowded jobs market. One company I worked for I found the directors with their fingers in the pensions till, two others were sold out from under me as yes, you got it the directors, sold out took the money and ran. In both cases they sold going concerns to competitiors who promptly closed down their new aquisition. Result penny pinched scattered pension and not much to show for 46 years on the coal face of industry. Compared to that 12 years VRT service seemed magical