New Year's Honours - 2016
 

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Well done Pip.

Ahhh... The annual awards for doing your job.

RAF New Years Honours List 2016


http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/newyearshonours2016.cfm

It does seem a shame that the odd award given to truly worth individuals seem to be swamped by the awards given to political cronies.All it does is devalue the whole system. Makes you wonder if the traditionally regarded heroes of yesteryear like Sir Walter Raleigh, etc, were just the David Beckhams of their day.

Looks like most of the RAF got something.

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hahaha PN, although the list had to be padded with innumerable commendations from assorted Air Officers with incomprehensible appointments!

At least one of them got something for dropping a CAMBS buoy on a yacht... ;)

Not on the list, then? Never mind, maybe next year...... :p

About time to ditch this anachronism!!

Those who selflessly work for those less better off than themselves have far higher ideals than....

"Those who swamp the awards system by presenting them to their political cronies"

Pointless trinkets. Unless they have a monetary value to realise on e-bay?

Where's the "like" button :D

I remember someone getting a Commendation for doing their job. The citation waxed lyrical about said person doing over and above for a 2-week period, working sometimes till 1800hrs on a night and sometimes being in before 0800. Wow these blunties earn their pay:ok:

You do wonder when reading the requirements and nomination system for the the OBE etc if those senior officers in receipt of the likes of the OBE, KCB etc simply have a luncheon date and sit around the table and say "I say Charles, if I nominate you for a KCB then you can in return nominate me for an OBE, then next year we will swop around"

And as for knighthoods and lordships etc, awarding them to the likes of Prescott for doing his job which he was handsomely paid for and still is, I would much prefer to see them going to the likes of the Houses of Parliaments toilet cleaner who has probably worked there for 30 odd years etc, after all the place is so full of sh*t she has her work cut out.. They are the people that truly deserve it, working for a pittance day in day out, year on year.

The whole system seems as corrupt and meaningless in today's society where those rewarded are often simply politically motivated.

It's like the bloody Oscars, an award system where the Luvies award themselves an award thus patting themselves on their own backs.

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Did he?;)......

I have to settle for my [now very ancient] AOC Air Cadets Commendation from when I were an ATC Cadet Flt Sgt.

That was a VERY good year, actually ... Commendation, Flying Scholarship and International Air Cadet Exchange :D

After that, it was just a relatively undistinguished trudge through the RAF career.

NutLoose

Chips on shoulder evident as usual in Nutty's posts.
There is good reason to be cynical about the civilian awards, especially the political ones, but I can't see how awarding the loo cleaner a gong would improve the system.
As far as the military are concerned, however, I believe the system is as fair and reasonable as it can be, and nothing like as Nutty depicts it. Of course there is always an element of luck, right place, right time etc. All I can say is that the military awards to three generations of my own family were well deserved and hard earned, as were those of all my other military acquaintances.

How long before someone suggests a medal ribbon for each level of citation, especially the team ones?

Fair and reasonable? If that is the case why do 95 odd % of the honours go to Officers (Commissioned and Warranted?) Are you really saying that in majority of the Royal Air Force there aren't people deserving? Or is it as has been alluded to a case of people neither being able to or bothered to write up juniors?

Genstabler, I got one of my contractors an AOCs commendation. The result was a she-cat bursting in to my office spitting feathers.

Another time handbrake house intercepted my recs. One was downgraded to a station cdr and the other declined. My turn to spit feathers as we were a remote independent unit and the station cdr had never visited and wasn't in the CoC.

I'm disappointed.
Our ex PM down here in OZ, (Tony Abbott) awarded Phil the Greek a Knighthood last year.

Have another look in the bag for me, will you?
Nothing for him in there? ... you sure?
Bloody ungrateful Poms!