Sir,

1. When are you going to start acting like the CAS instead of some half-hearted wimp ?

2. When are you going to let Sqn Cdrs and Stn Cdrs run their own Sqns and Stns instead of Blunties, PTI's, Rockapes and faceless civil serpents ?

3. When are you going to stand up in public, and admit to the british people that the RAF is a crock opf $%£" at the moment?

4. When are you going to resign over the appalling morale, welfare and disgraceful way in which our servicemen and women are treated ?

and lastly

5. When will you understand that the RAF comprises of AT, SH, ASW and many other assets, and NOT just bloody Typhoons ?

Don't you think it's about time somebody resigned from the high echelons of the RAF to highlight to dire position we've been put in?

or

How are you planning to resolve the manning crisis that will arise from charging 'equivalent local rents' for MQs from 2010? Can I refuse a posting on the grounds that I can't afford to live there? Shouldn't somebody resign to highlight the dire position we've been put in?

or

Surely we're planning a military coup. Why has nobody contacted me yet?

Any chance of aligning the number of air officers with the number of sqns/ac/minions.

Please draw a line in the sand in terms of manpower vs tasking and let everyone know about it.

CAS, after his briefing to the SNCO's at Waddington I don't think he even speaks the same language as the rest of us. To be able to communicate with his people he needs to learn a whole new language, based on the truth, obviously something he's not getting at the moment.

1. Why did you even have to have the review of comms with CPL / Flt Lt in the first place?

2. Did you not actually know that they cannot understand you nor you understand them?

3. Do you know what is actually happening in the 'average' station RE: Quarters, (Married & Single), BS rules, level of servcie and attitude from some contractors etc?

4. ...and yes, is JPA working?

5. Can I have another 5 Questions please?

Do you have a son named Christopher?

Thread drift (understatement), but

There was a Torpey in the daughter's grad ceremony earlier this year. Physics too, no basketweaving in the Golf lineage.

CG

He'll find that one easier to answer p'raps.

Any idea as to the destination of this train that we are all apparently on and if there are any more desirable stops before said destination at which we can alight? Also is the buffet car open?

Love the question on trains.

I would like to add a supplementary.

Any chance of Virgin taking over the franchise?

How often does he and 1SL willingly take it up the Gary Glitter from the Under Secretary of State for Defence and does he swallow? :}









Sorry, another pointless paper pushing afternoon at work dodging the strawberry mivvies that are breeding like rabbits. I'll get my coat. Taxi for one.... (never mind footy match to watch shortly) MFWF

Wasn't CASWO post established to provide CAS with the mood at grass roots level? Or has that post been disestablished somewhere along the line.

1. Why were you really uncomfortable during the questioning for the Panorama Nimrod programme?

2. What have you done about Nimrod since?

3. Do you wish you had done it sooner?

4. Why didn't you do it sooner?

5. Are there any other similar situations?

personal attacks on individuals
 

Gents, Please some decorum. Personally attacking CAS as in TSM's post undermines any reasonbable questions, and is infact insulting. Do you think he is not aware, Do you think he doesnt care and doesnt fight behind closed doors. What I do know is that he is in the same service as CDS, whose edict for his minions not to make statements outside of their briefs ala Dannett and 1SL have to be taken seriously so as not to undermine his efforts with the doublehatted Browns.

I respect him but I believe that he is out of touch because of poor reporting of FACTS up the chain of command, rumours and conjecture without supporting facts are just rumours and conjecture - fact the average pilot PVR rate is not historically high, specific areas and age groups are but they are masked by other age groups and areas. NRD/ORD is high but no-one is reporting other than on PPrune or Egoat that they are leaving because of poor morale/MODern housing etc; then again there is no requirement to state why you are leaving at NRD/ORD - why not write to your AOC/CAS if you are so agrieved at the state and have already made the decision to lget off the train at your option.

Perhaps if people speak with the AFBLT that is doing the rounds or someone creates a thread for 'Issues to the AFBLT' then those not able to attend their stn opportunities due to OOA/down route will also be heard and CAS will then get a brief. Ever tried writing to the CASWO - he isnt just there for the Junior Ranks and regularly consults with junior and senior officers on their thoughts.

As I say pse have some decorum and respect, if not for the man but for the rank.........


Battle Bonnet and frag jacket on in the shelter.............

For the rank.......

Don't you think it's about time somebody resigned from the high echelons of the RAF to highlight to dire position we've been put in?

.......now that would get my respect.

SLC, I'm sure he knows about the problems and issues and I'm sure he's trying to resolve them. Just as all the others before him have. And look where we are now. Just a thought.....

What is your definition of overstretch?

Can we have some more manpower?

Can we have some decent kit?

Is offering TG 1 & 2 Cpls & Sgts the chance to sign on for an extra 3 years past 22/30 not crisis management?

Now that he's no longer in power, you can be honest now, do you think Tony Bliar is a right lying c**t like the rest of us do?

I'm sorry, but I don't understand how a senior officer resigning would help any of the above situations. All it would do would be to give the media five minutes to report on things that are already widely known, thus damaging the image of the forces even more, not helping it!

Then we'd just have to wait for someone else to be promoted into the gap left, and have to pick up the pieces and pretty much start over.

You say you want a senior officer to resign on principle, isnt this a catch 22? As having a senior officer who is willing to resign on principle of whats going on, just the sort of person you want in the job in the first place?!

(he says whilst running to the nearest exit)

SLC

Personally I would have thought 'mustflywillfly's' comments on CAS were much more objectionable than TSM's!

As for CASWO providing grass roots feedback to CAS, that is indeed the main reason for his existence - as far as I am aware. However, while I am not personally in a position to comment, there is thread on e-goat which implies the current encumbant might, and I only say might, be pushing the party line more...


http://www.e-goat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=9929


As for how CAS could better communicate with the 'chaps', how about he visits a non FJ station and wanders around, without the Stn Cdr and all the usual hangers on, and just talks to people. Believe it or not, most of them don't bite!!

".. and are you able to tell us what exactly it was that Jim Davidson said to her?"

I think the answer is simple:

A means to address our concerns directly to him.

I have lots of ideas on how we could do things better and can see fundamental errors in the way we do business. But I feel powerless to do anything about them. I would love to be able to address these issues, but want to avoid retribution from those above me who haven't been as dynamic in their thinking. Too often the hierarchy use the system to dilute or dissolve good ideas, well before they reached anywhere near a serious level. We don't encourage dynamism - middle management find it threatening or subversive.

We need an equivalent of a confidential "CAS' Suggestion Box", where individuals can submit these ideas directly - possibly in a set format: situation/proposal/benefit - allowing those with the courage of their convictions to pitch their ideas at the right level. Some would be bolleaux, but if 1 in 50 is a good idea it would be worth it, not to mention the feeling of empowerment for those who want to retain a sharehold.

I often feel CAS isn't fed real world information, in favour of a candy coated RAF that doesn't exist outside the Red Arrows.

So many sensible folk...........but why are you posting..............fools!

Do you wish you had the courage of General Dannat such that you were able to defend the RAF publically?

Do you remember what it was that was important to you when you were a mere junior officer?

Do you really care about the state the RAF and its people are in?

Do you find it easy to look at yourself in the mirror and block out thoughts of those suffering under your command whereever we serve?

Do you really care about what we think?