Highest ranking VSO who still flies fast jets regularly
Group Captain Jock Kennedy was promoted
Air Commodore whilst Staish at Brize Norton and flew the Britannia, Belfast and VC10 during his tenure. Later when an Air Marshal As C in C RAF Germany he allegedly flew every type under his command whilst there.
Air Commodore whilst Staish at Brize Norton and flew the Britannia, Belfast and VC10 during his tenure. Later when an Air Marshal As C in C RAF Germany he allegedly flew every type under his command whilst there.
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Originally Posted by BVRAAM
I think RAF Leuchars used to be commanded by an Air Cdre, with the person also taking the role as Air Officer Scotland, if I'm not mistaken?
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Originally Posted by flighthappens
How many of these esteemed gents are/were CR on their type?
We had a succession of sqn cdrs who were borderline CR at best. One, a nav, would take a heap of office work airborne, the next avoided any exercise or training sortie, a third flew into CuG.
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One, a nav, would take a heap of office work airborne
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In the V-Force sqn cdrs were always members of constituted crews. In maritime and AEW Shack they were always super crew. Certainly had a Nimrod OC who overstepped his authority.
Our normal MOA was 200 feet but we could, if authorised go down to 100 feet. During an exercise he was standing in the back and basically bullied us into descending to 100 feet. He didn't give explict verbal authorisation. What he did was get us to go through the decision matrix, got us to say "if authorised" and then said "you are so authorised".
Had we tipped a wing in there would have been a presumption of illegal low flying against out pilot.
In other documents " if authorised" was the prerogative of the AOC.
Give me a competent flt lt over a low hours senior officer any day.
Our normal MOA was 200 feet but we could, if authorised go down to 100 feet. During an exercise he was standing in the back and basically bullied us into descending to 100 feet. He didn't give explict verbal authorisation. What he did was get us to go through the decision matrix, got us to say "if authorised" and then said "you are so authorised".
Had we tipped a wing in there would have been a presumption of illegal low flying against out pilot.
In other documents " if authorised" was the prerogative of the AOC.
Give me a competent flt lt over a low hours senior officer any day.
