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Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2024, 03:40
Replies: 122
Views: 18,466
Posted By Easy Street

I've got no time for either of the extremes in...

I've got no time for either of the extremes in this debate. One of them routinely gets a hard time: it's easy to criticise reactionary old duffers, and the likes of Sir Humphrey will gladly knock out...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2024, 08:49
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,938
Posted By Easy Street

I completely agree. The Gnat pilot not only had...

I completely agree. The Gnat pilot not only had inadequate currency but woefully inadequate total experience, having been medically discharged from the RAF while still a student at Valley. He, along...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2024, 21:55
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,938
Posted By Easy Street

Interesting time to be arguing that. I tend to...

Interesting time to be arguing that. I tend to think that the Post Office scandal has made clear just how vulnerable our courts are to being misled by bulls*** presented as fact by expert witnesses....
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2024, 00:59
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,938
Posted By Easy Street

That is why military display flying has had such...

That is why military display flying has had such rigorous workup, qualification, supervision and currency requirements for a long time now - much longer ago than Shoreham. And that stringency is why...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Dec 2023, 00:44
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,938
Posted By Easy Street

I wonder how Mr Hill intends to approach the...

I wonder how Mr Hill intends to approach the matter of his susceptibility to, ahem, "cognitive impairment" when asked by the AMO during his renewal examination. After building his criminal defence...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2023, 22:37
Replies: 38
Views: 5,072
Posted By Easy Street

Because the F35 squadrons are busily trying to...

Because the F35 squadrons are busily trying to train new pilots and instructors for a growing force, while maintaining readiness for ops. And at least as importantly, as the inquiry into the QE...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2023, 10:38
Replies: 431
Views: 194,427
Posted By Easy Street

To ORAC's response I would add that dropping fuel...

To ORAC's response I would add that dropping fuel tanks (and indeed other stores) would upset the green lobby and require expensive clean up operations, doubly angering the bean counters. It would...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2023, 19:55
Replies: 33
Views: 8,333
Posted By Easy Street

Log(60k) = 4.7 Round to nearest integer for...

Log(60k) = 4.7
Round to nearest integer for order of magnitude = 5
Lowest number with order of magnitude 6 = 10^5.5 = 316k


If Ascent are offering £316k then sign me up! ;)
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2023, 05:56
Replies: 20
Views: 4,747
Posted By Easy Street

Also wrong to say that Vespina was acquired for...

Also wrong to say that Vespina was acquired for this kind of task. It was acquired as a standard Voyager and equipped for VIP duties after entering service. There was no margin allowed in the Voyager...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Aug 2023, 07:07
Replies: 10,328
Views: 4,611,615
Posted By Easy Street

If by "upgrades :-)" you mean 'stealth body kit...

If by "upgrades :-)" you mean 'stealth body kit and a 100% effective countermeasures system' then it could be quite effective. In the absence of such fictional things it would be useless in the air...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Aug 2023, 20:52
Replies: 6
Views: 2,436
Posted By Easy Street

If you retired before 2015 then I am struggling...

If you retired before 2015 then I am struggling to see how the (McCloud) remedy would have any effect on your pension whatsoever. The remedy addresses the illegal discrimination between those with...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2023, 09:48
Replies: 431
Views: 194,427
Posted By Easy Street

The French are very welcome to keep the Germans...

The French are very welcome to keep the Germans as their FCAS partner. Intransigence over workshare and export licensing outweigh the undoubted financial heft they could bring.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jun 2023, 11:58
Replies: 11
Views: 7,206
Posted By Easy Street

AM Walker is well remembered by many as AOC 1 Gp...

AM Walker is well remembered by many as AOC 1 Gp in the early 2000s offering an "interesting" take on the use of one's own aircraft as a weapon of last resort to large audiences of somewhat sceptical...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jun 2023, 00:47
Replies: 67
Views: 15,188
Posted By Easy Street

There's a difference between instilling budgetary...

There's a difference between instilling budgetary discipline in your children (obviously a good thing, although I am not sure it has ever been properly taught in school) and the sweeping statements...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2023, 20:38
Replies: 67
Views: 15,188
Posted By Easy Street

Disclaimer: Gen Xer here, very comfortably off...

Disclaimer: Gen Xer here, very comfortably off with a large property on a long fixed mortgage at a low rate, with a big AFPS75-heavy pension to come, so what I'm about to write is not motivated out...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2023, 22:07
Replies: 310
Views: 100,897
Posted By Easy Street

Ironically, in these days of a massively reduced...

Ironically, in these days of a massively reduced air force, that's increasingly all we are employing pilots for. The fact we haven't consistently been able to field a full nine Reds for several years...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2023, 20:07
Replies: 5
Views: 4,367
Posted By Easy Street

Looking at the second of mickjoebill's links...

Looking at the second of mickjoebill's links (which I couldn't click on, for some reason, so will repost below) I'm going with G-LOC resulting from the sharp pull-up, with the pilot regaining...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2023, 08:06
Replies: 222
Views: 87,490
Posted By Easy Street

I was pleased to see that ACM Knighton made the...

I was pleased to see that ACM Knighton made the point to the Defence Committee, in the subtlest and politest possible way, that the RAF had ended up with the Hawk T2 at ministerial behest. The point...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2023, 16:07
Replies: 97
Views: 29,306
Posted By Easy Street

Multi-element flypasts have the successive...

Multi-element flypasts have the successive formations stacked up and down by a couple of hundred feet to minimise wake turbulence issues and to provide a margin of safety in case of timing errors or...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2023, 18:10
Replies: 7
Views: 2,174
Posted By Easy Street

Not only are MOD contracts bid low, the...

Not only are MOD contracts bid low, the programmes they're delivering are costed low as well, usually by deliberate failure to account for personnel, training, C4I and support costs. An old trick...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2023, 01:34
Replies: 25
Views: 6,586
Posted By Easy Street

I made no "assertion that attitudes have...

I made no "assertion that attitudes have changed". I rebutted *your* assertion that nothing had changed in 30 years by providing two specific examples of things which *have* changed in that time,...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2023, 00:21
Replies: 25
Views: 6,586
Posted By Easy Street

This? And "victim blaming"? WTF? Since last...

This? And "victim blaming"? WTF?

Since last autumn there has been a zero tolerance policy in place with dismissal from service now the default sanction for any allegation of harassment (however...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2023, 09:30
Replies: 47
Views: 11,137
Posted By Easy Street

The approach taken by gender advocacy groups like...

The approach taken by gender advocacy groups like Mermaids and Stonewall has been to avoid public or Parliamentary debate of their causes and secure change through directly influencing policy makers,...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2023, 22:03
Replies: 116
Views: 45,782
Posted By Easy Street

That's because you had a 16/38 initial pension...

That's because you had a 16/38 initial pension point. Anyone who joined between April 2005 and April 2015 only has a 18/40 initial pension point: one of the changes brought about by AFPS05. If you...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Mar 2023, 22:07
Replies: 212
Views: 79,698
Posted By Easy Street

+1 to Atlasisrubbish. There are many profound...

+1 to Atlasisrubbish. There are many profound problems facing the RAF but successful leadership and delivery of operations is not one of them. In fact the front line groups have rather shown that...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2023, 08:18
Replies: 212
Views: 79,698
Posted By Easy Street

If only lack of authority had been Wiggy's...

If only lack of authority had been Wiggy's problem. If only. His reforms to station and support structures are going to take years to unf*ck.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2023, 21:07
Replies: 126
Views: 35,143
Posted By Easy Street

I think you misunderstand. F-18 might as well not...

I think you misunderstand. F-18 might as well not have an autoland feature, given that its pilots are required to maintain competence in manual landings, which forces practically all deck landings to...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2023, 20:31
Replies: 126
Views: 35,143
Posted By Easy Street

To this landlubber, the proportion of naval...

To this landlubber, the proportion of naval aviators' flying time spent developing and maintaining competence in arrested landings is ridiculous. It was one of the UK's reasons for going STOVL with...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2023, 22:04
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,938
Posted By Easy Street

I don't understand where you're trying to go with...

I don't understand where you're trying to go with that. Are you saying that Hill couldn't possibly be grossly negligent, because he was the one most likely to die if he crashed? That would fall down...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2023, 08:12
Replies: 63
Views: 23,818
Posted By Easy Street

LAL LL navigation and IP-to-TGT are syllabus...

LAL

LL navigation and IP-to-TGT are syllabus decisions, nothing to do with the platform. Don't teach them if they're not required. Lack of HUD was not a significant issue for the 30 years in which...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2023, 23:50
Replies: 63
Views: 23,818
Posted By Easy Street

When CAS gets his inevitable summons for a...

When CAS gets his inevitable summons for a bollocking from SofS, I wonder if he will have the cojones to point out that the RAF didn't want the Hawk T2, and was forced to buy it following the...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2023, 22:22
Replies: 14
Views: 4,964
Posted By Easy Street

In recent years I haven't been able to see past...

In recent years I haven't been able to see past the fact that some of the Blades members held leadership and supervisory positions in the Reds as that team delivered us two avoidable deaths, an...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2023, 01:32
Replies: 82
Views: 20,066
Posted By Easy Street

AFPS75 members who didn't serve to the immediate...

AFPS75 members who didn't serve to the immediate pension point receive a preserved pension from age 60 (or 65 for service post-2006) so it isn't correct to say they would "never receive" the pension...
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