Between £32500 and £56000.....which spookily is the same as the RAF....

Best of luck, Royal. I hope it works out for you. :ok:

You might want to practise your map-reading skills at 90 knots sideways.

Royal, when you get your manning clearance back a signal will be released for you to ring the graders at Shawbury. There's no reason for you not to ring them now for advice and guidance (I know them all, they are very approachable)! Pro's and Con's to both light and dark blue roles however it is important to realise that we do completely different jobs. Loadies are great at tech, dishing out bag rats and can probably nail a 40ft hover whereas a navy crewman is expected to nav day and night to the highest standards with no fall back option. We are !!!!e at handing out the rats fixing the cab and we will probably be 5ft out on the hover height! Because the Navy lads have served an apprenticeship and have a grading process only the best make it!
Good luck mate and see you on the front line!

You do mean a RM crewman and not an Observer.

RN Crewman
 

What a cracking name Proper crewman!!! You have to be a member off the Culdrose Mafia to use it!!!!!:)

Without wishing to get into a pi**ing contest between the Wsop and Navy crewman jobs, if all your job depend on is being able to navigate then there is no contest.
The RAF Wsop has to be able to a quote form the RAF careers website " responsible for all aspects of aircraft loading, both internal and external. With the Chinook triple-hook system and capacity to carry 40 fully equipped troops, the crewman has to be able to fulfil a number of roles – not only operating the aircraft’s communications, self-defence and weapon systems, but also planning missions and servicing the aircraft when it’s operating “in the field”.’

A little bit more involved I would say. Of course there is also the opportunity to move to another aircraft type and do a completely different job, something the RN cannot offer.

Oh dear! I was simply trying to advise Royal to have a look at what the differences are, I am used to the RAF loadie always trying to justify his existance he has made it an art form. The box here isn't big enough to go through what is expected of an RN crewwie and I too have no desire to get into a pissing contest. Suffice to say we will have to agree to dis-agree, hopefully one day the RAF will spare one of you to do an exchange then we can have some real feedback.....................

RN aircrew
 

Not wanting to get involved in this pissing contest! but i have to defend the RAF loadies. Being a former customer to the RN junglies and RAF before going a aircrew myself. The RAF lodies need no justifcation. Its the navy i have found to be the ones hows egos got in the way and where quick to gob off about how they where sky gods. And since coming to civy street they are the same. :)

(Please excuse spelling mistakes)

If the RAF Loadie 'has to service the aircraft when in the field'.................what are the 40 other groundcrew doing?

Jonny,
Your spelling grammer and general grasp of the English language is appauling, I have no wish to make any comment on what you've written as I can't understand it!

Well, the Navy wins hands down on irony at least.

Irony and surrendering. Good effort. :D

Get a grip you are showing your colours now you are a true Navy ****.

Dry your eyes rainy face!:{

The navy chap offered; Perhaps you could spend a little longer practising then? Or do what a real pro might do - actually consider fallbacks? Yee ha. :E

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...8-1702,00.html

That'll be irony then: 2 spelling mistakes. :p

Now that's funny.

I guess RN Crewmen don't need any qualifications, given Proper Crewman's grasp of the English language.:rolleyes:

In all fairness to the lad, in common with most of the Navy, he's probably more fluent in Farsi at the moment.

Well at least 15 are. I wonder if they got their passports stamped.