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Surprise this hasn't surfaced on here yet. :E

Really!

I don't believe any Airline would look kindly on this kind of message..

Why would you do something like this?

Must have a huge Ego! Not good for the RAF image really.

No, it hasn’t gone down too well, a bit of a laughing stock amongst the airlines!

Ivor

Seems like an unexpurgated attempt to get special treatment to me! Headed notepaper, birthday etc. asking for an upgrade without actually saying it

My favourite meme from the whole saga:

http://i67.tinypic.com/1z3ywdu.jpg

Genunie and the Guy has been shot down on Groundcrew forums and other socal media so badly, he has deleted his accounts. T0$$£R is not apt enough.

He could perhaps have got away with it one day earlier. :-)

I think you'll find that's normally how it's done. Not so sure about the headed paper etc, but you don't actually ask for an upgrade if you want an upgrade - not once you're on board anyway.

To$$er - should be ‘Yours faithfully’!

No words needed

Ripped to pieces on Arrse, not a member of the RAFs finest moment.

Leaving aside how stupid this is, and how much Steve must be regretting doing this, I think there is a bigger concern.

A SNCO writing a letter for personal gain, on headed paper from the unit he serves at?

Whether or not you consider it to be a dreadful attempt to get an upgrade (which it clearly is) there can be no excuse for the abuse of the letterhead.

I hope that he's the exception, rather than a typical example of what passes JATCC nowadays. How has the RAF got to a point where anyone thinks this is acceptable?

What standard of general service knowledge and service writing is currently demanded of candidates?

No matter what the reason, no matter the subject, a Sgt sending letters on headed paper from the School? Strange days indeed.

Instant dismissal where I work- using company logo for personal gain.

Old news, went viral, it became very personal and it was deleted, suffice to say he has learned his lesson.

He’s still a c@ck!

Not old news at all! It’s only a few weeks old and his b@llocking was earlier this week. I have absolutely no sympathy for him whatsoever.

So a military bloke tries a pretty original method of getting an upgrade in a world where it’s virtually impossible to get an upgrade. It’s cheesy, cheeky and made me cringe and laugh at the same time.
Not something that I would do, but come on!!! He’s not a c@ck. lighten up here, it’s something to have some crew room banter about. On headed paper? Maybe not the finest idea, but I’ve read some MUCH more outrageous letters on headed paper that were actually official business

Jay, this letter is in the format of a very common note passed to the cabin crew, for the attention of the captain, by lots of Police Officers when flying.

I see the benefit of a pax who is current in public order restraint (and well suited to giving evidence later) able to assist the crew with an unruly passenger, not as rare as it once was, but a controller?

Would you really accept a typewritten note as evidence that a passenger is actually what they claim to be, and request such a passenger to assist in restraining an unruly passenger?
I certainly would not!

If you want an upgrade there's a very easy method

It involves your credit card..:E