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Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2021, 22:24
Replies: 82
Views: 20,110
Posted By FJ2ME

As a PA flt Lt I had hoped I wouldn’t have to...

As a PA flt Lt I had hoped I wouldn’t have to worry about this, but say I took out a SIPP and it did rather well, how would I find out the value of my AFPS pot? I want to utilise the tax benefits of...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2020, 09:57
Replies: 8
Views: 4,914
Posted By FJ2ME

Can I politely suggest that given the subject of...

Can I politely suggest that given the subject of the opening post of this thread, that we move chat about a load of rusty old tin to another thread? Seems inappropriate to thread-jack this sad news....
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2020, 15:09
Replies: 302
Views: 128,453
Posted By FJ2ME

Any decision to limit restorative action to those...

Any decision to limit restorative action to those still serving would contravene the appeal court hearing and would be laughed out of court. But the idea that the organisation that came up with such...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jul 2019, 22:38
Replies: 17
Views: 5,470
Posted By FJ2ME

Read the armed forces pension society link above...

Read the armed forces pension society link above and the through-linked preface to the forthcoming DIN. There are 2 important bits of this:

The Government respects the Court’s decision and has...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2018, 06:14
Replies: 23
Views: 4,171
Posted By FJ2ME

Incorrect

The above assertion about Loan Service terms is incorrect. Loan service is paid for by the host nation directly to UK government. UK governemt then pays the individual in his normal JPA pay...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2017, 21:47
Replies: 30
Views: 10,457
Posted By FJ2ME

Thanks again, looks like more votes for...

Thanks again, looks like more votes for MCCPilotLog. I'll check it out. Anyone care to detail the procedures on mil-civil flight times these days? I was under the impression from people i've shared...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2017, 20:15
Replies: 30
Views: 10,457
Posted By FJ2ME

Thanks to everyone who made constructive...

Thanks to everyone who made constructive suggestions, and I'd be interested to know the beta one mentioned above that wasn't named.

To all the dinosaurs who's best response is to say "what's...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2017, 20:09
Replies: 30
Views: 10,457
Posted By FJ2ME

Thanks for your views. My concern is mainly that...

Thanks for your views. My concern is mainly that I am conscious that the only legally admissible record of my flying is in an highly fragile paper book that has been around the world a few times. If...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2017, 19:41
Replies: 30
Views: 10,457
Posted By FJ2ME

Thanks Bob, have an hours calculator already....

Thanks Bob, have an hours calculator already. Looking for a comprehensive app where you just put your flight details in and it produces the summaries as demanded. Basically I want LogTen pro...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2017, 18:51
Replies: 30
Views: 10,457
Posted By FJ2ME

Fair points but I've done that previously and now...

Fair points but I've done that previously and now I want a more slick solution preferably with a phone app. Don't mind paying but LogTen is £70 which is a bit excessive.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2017, 18:36
Replies: 30
Views: 10,457
Posted By FJ2ME

Electronic logbook

Hi all, just a quick question. Do any of you have any recommendations for a cloud-based logbook app that can be used on a phone, tablet or laptop? I've looked at LogTen pro but it's pretty expensive,...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2017, 18:14
Replies: 1,029
Views: 473,332
Posted By FJ2ME

I think the report says that the co-pilot did...

I think the report says that the co-pilot did indeed do that, but as the captain believed that the autopilot had commenced the dive he was also pushing the autopilot disconnect button. As with all...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2017, 22:29
Replies: 54
Views: 12,520
Posted By FJ2ME

All good stuff, and just to enhance your point...

All good stuff, and just to enhance your point and without getting into (another) brexit spat, i believe this government, as well as the 27 others, has, since 2010, had the right to deport EU...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2017, 15:19
Replies: 28
Views: 9,844
Posted By FJ2ME

'I wasn't paying attention to the sky around me,...

'I wasn't paying attention to the sky around me, but I knew that this space was all for our own and only two paramotorists had taken off.
'I was going higher and higher with a big smile on my face -...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2016, 21:16
Replies: 18
Views: 5,722
Posted By FJ2ME

Good point-bring it up in about 24years when the...

Good point-bring it up in about 24years when the contract is up for renewal....
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2016, 21:24
Replies: 18
Views: 5,722
Posted By FJ2ME

I'm afraid some of the arguments above are a...

I'm afraid some of the arguments above are a touch optimistic. Under the terms of the Airtanker contract we are not allowed to use any other asset to dispense AAR-they have exclusive rights. They...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2016, 14:14
Replies: 44
Views: 27,175
Posted By FJ2ME

Ok MSOCS, what exactly are they 'actively' doing...

Ok MSOCS, what exactly are they 'actively' doing about it? Seeking to wrestle our housing contract out of the death grip of a money-grabbing negligent shower? Preventing the tempo of a base being set...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2016, 14:02
Replies: 64
Views: 15,330
Posted By FJ2ME

Stop bringing up Tucano now please, it's a...

Stop bringing up Tucano now please, it's a relatively small non-complex training aircraft, built under licence by a UK firm, and was procured well before the regulatory environment we now find...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2016, 09:22
Replies: 64
Views: 15,330
Posted By FJ2ME

Are you actually serious? We are told by people...

Are you actually serious? We are told by people like RUSI that there will be future conflicts involving Russia and China, we are already fighting a pseudo-proxy war against/around them in the middle...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2016, 09:17
Replies: 44
Views: 27,175
Posted By FJ2ME

That's correct, engineers are currently a closer...

That's correct, engineers are currently a closer wolf at the door, but pilots are not far behind. It's impossible to give hard statistics without compromising protected information, but let's just...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2016, 20:02
Replies: 44
Views: 27,175
Posted By FJ2ME

Accepting that they are not going to put any...

Accepting that they are not going to put any money into family stuff (quite the opposite if you're exposed to CAAS rebranding and the reformulated Families Accommodation "offer"), then the other...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2016, 18:28
Replies: 44
Views: 27,175
Posted By FJ2ME

BV, whilst I applaud your positivity, there is a...

BV, whilst I applaud your positivity, there is a problem here. The PA offers are designed to retain expensive and hard-to-retain experienced personnel. The fact that the (in my personal view)...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 17:14
Replies: 91
Views: 39,239
Posted By FJ2ME

Fine with the banter, not fine with the ever...

Fine with the banter, not fine with the ever increasing and self-licking lollipop courses and quals. Quite happy for them to strip their weapons and shoot their loads all day long, but I just resent...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 16:59
Replies: 91
Views: 39,239
Posted By FJ2ME

Ah BEagle now you are showing your age....no CS...

Ah BEagle now you are showing your age....no CS pellets anymore and they can light as many of the GSR testing pellets they like since they are just inert disco smoke to test the seals, all done on a...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2016, 21:47
Replies: 91
Views: 39,239
Posted By FJ2ME

Some of you will, and already have, disagreed...

Some of you will, and already have, disagreed with this, but actually, it all boils down to money in the end, and feeling valued by the organisation. If you are paid more money, you can put up with...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2016, 10:05
Replies: 701
Views: 278,547
Posted By FJ2ME

It is these words from the coroner which I...

It is these words from the coroner which I believe have led to the HSE prosecution. I could be wrong but he was pretty clear in his assertion...

"Martin-Baker knew the parachute mechanism could...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2016, 08:17
Replies: 701
Views: 278,547
Posted By FJ2ME

There's lots of good technical, legal and...

There's lots of good technical, legal and regulatory stuff here, and quite a lot of people obviously know more about this than me. However, to close off some rabbit holes, the HSE prosecution, from...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2016, 05:57
Replies: 42
Views: 20,367
Posted By FJ2ME

If we are playing that game, "Deviation!"...

If we are playing that game,

"Deviation!" the lot of you!

I thought we were discussing the recent gearbox issue, not whether we should buy the damn@d thing or get something else, since we've...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2016, 13:29
Replies: 30
Views: 5,924
Posted By FJ2ME

So, living wage...

It has oft been touted in my years of service that we are paid for 24 hours of duty each and every day, usually suffixed with "so quit moaning about X parade/inspection/deployment". So taking that to...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2015, 03:02
Replies: 20
Views: 8,738
Posted By FJ2ME

I wonder how they are assuring the airworthiness...

I wonder how they are assuring the airworthiness of this platform given that it sounds like its older and more heavily modified than the R1 Nimrod it is supposed to replace, which was withdrawn for...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2015, 02:57
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,220
Posted By FJ2ME

Sorry for the thread drift, but there have been a...

Sorry for the thread drift, but there have been a few red herrings discussed recently here.

In the case of the F3 accident, the pilots experience on type and level of experience on light aircraft...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Aug 2015, 11:17
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,309
Posted By FJ2ME

Reluctant correction

I didn't want to post here originally and I don;t consider a lot of what's written here to be worthy of reply. However, for those calling for airshow activity to be demonstrably zero risk, then you...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jul 2015, 14:53
Replies: 37
Views: 13,907
Posted By FJ2ME

I agree with Beagle here I'm afraid, a complete...

I agree with Beagle here I'm afraid, a complete failure to understand the scale of the task of accreditation and make adequate preparation for the system changes by 22 Gp led to the essentially...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2015, 02:38
Replies: 49
Views: 18,834
Posted By FJ2ME

Sorry for the re-attack, but on reflection I...

Sorry for the re-attack, but on reflection I decided to bring up another elephant in the room on top of all the good advice above. There is an undeniable fact that a guy on a front line squadron who...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jun 2015, 02:29
Replies: 49
Views: 18,834
Posted By FJ2ME

sorry to be an a$$hole, but shouldn't you have...

sorry to be an a$$hole, but shouldn't you have asked all this before you signed up...?

It doesn't help much, but service life is pretty unpredictable and dependent on world events. Any promises...
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