Spoof Top Gun Investigation

[Easy Street]

Originally Posted by Tashengurt

Nail on the head there. You can't actively recruit driven individuals then expect them to sit in neutral indefinitely.

Yes indeed, and this is a problem which has a serious side beyond course videos and pranks. The present generation of young pilots is hardly likely to feel well-disposed towards the RAF and especially towards its VSOs after the shambles that has been the past few years in 22 Gp. I can’t help but fear that this will translate into poorer retention in future. The decision a few years back to turn the pilot recruiting taps on with no plan for training them in a reasonable timescale is probably the most crass I’ve seen from any VSO in my time; the strategic consequences will be felt for years and years to come while the perpetrators collect their (LTA-protected) pensions and lobby their successors as they try to un-f*** the mess. Thanks a bunch, sirs.

[Captain Radar....]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

What do they do in the months between courses? Do they get sent elsewhere to be SLJO and do menial tasks or are they sent on leave?

They do courses on media presentation skills and public relations.............................................