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Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2023, 12:47
Replies: 256
Views: 99,096
Posted By Nil_Drift

Traditionally, ignorant journalists have called...

Traditionally, ignorant journalists have called Sergeant and above "Senior RAF Officers", with no reference to the important "non-commissioned" bit. :ugh:
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2023, 13:45
Replies: 32
Views: 6,658
Posted By Nil_Drift

Although it didn't appear in the station...

Although it didn't appear in the station magazine, so it didn't go off station, Station Routine Orders was the next best thing.

At TTTE Cottesmore in the early eighties, RAFP Cpl dog handlers knew...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2023, 17:51
Replies: 32
Views: 6,658
Posted By Nil_Drift

How seven words might affect a career!

32 (The Royal) Sqn has experienced a lot of pain in recent years with uncertainty around aircraft contract extensions, particularly with the A109S helicopter contract.

Flt Cdr Ops, Sqn Ldr Tom...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2023, 08:33
Replies: 94
Views: 19,762
Posted By Nil_Drift

"What did the leadership do about this...

"What did the leadership do about this instructor?"

I changed type in the early '90s. C130 student crews were constituted throughout the OCU. Our pilot QFI was a Scottish "poisonous dwarf" whose...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Nov 2023, 17:58
Replies: 66
Views: 14,238
Posted By Nil_Drift

We lived in 7 MQ and 2 private hirings. The only...

We lived in 7 MQ and 2 private hirings. The only consistent thing was that on every March-In, there was dirt, grime and damage with an overgrown garden. On every March-Out, despite family Lessons...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jul 2023, 10:56
Replies: 592
Views: 193,484
Posted By Nil_Drift

New TLA needed

GEM was a scheme introduced back in 1996 for Engineering suggestions. There is evidently now a need to invent a new TLA (Three Letter Abbreviation) for the engineers to use, lots of paperwork...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2023, 14:08
Replies: 20
Views: 5,266
Posted By Nil_Drift

It has always stuck in my mind what I was told at...

It has always stuck in my mind what I was told at the start of flying training. "You're an Officer first, and then you are aircrew". Integrity is uppermost and he lied to his CO. Whether his heart...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2023, 23:33
Replies: 67
Views: 15,308
Posted By Nil_Drift

I respect your post and I understand where you...

I respect your post and I understand where you are coming from. However, I stand by the exhortation for budgetary discipline, something which unfortunately is still not properly taught in schools and...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2023, 17:07
Replies: 67
Views: 15,308
Posted By Nil_Drift

Sucked in by the PR

I looked in my Deleted Items for the Indeed advert from yesterday for Household Cavalry. On closer inspection at the small print, which showed up the inaccuracy of the headline, it says "During your...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2023, 13:51
Replies: 67
Views: 15,308
Posted By Nil_Drift

The RAF wanted to employ those who reflect...

The RAF wanted to employ those who reflect society. This is a reflection of society so should not be a surprise.

When I first joined the RAF and then married, my wife and I were a traditional...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2023, 17:09
Replies: 592
Views: 193,484
Posted By Nil_Drift

Yes I did, when he was ACAS and I worked on the...

Yes I did, when he was ACAS and I worked on the same floor plate in MOD MB.
He was utterly grey in his personality, he would smile at me but didn't seem to know how to interact with other humans. As...
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