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Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2024, 14:27
Replies: 4
Views: 1,811
Posted By Whenurhappy

Get invalided out on attributable grounds = tax...

Get invalided out on attributable grounds = tax free....
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2024, 17:23
Replies: 3
Views: 1,437
Posted By Whenurhappy

Thanks - an interesting set of results -...

Thanks - an interesting set of results - including the level of homelessness in the survey (1 in 400) which is contrary to what some charities have stated in the past (1 in 4) or the number of...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2023, 04:08
Replies: 224
Views: 45,762
Posted By Whenurhappy

No, mine is the veterans ID card, which loosely...

No, mine is the veterans ID card, which loosely resembles the MOD form 90 - for obvious reasons I won't post a photograph of it here. I have yet to find a regular use for it; it has not been accepted...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Dec 2023, 02:23
Replies: 224
Views: 45,762
Posted By Whenurhappy

I received one almost 4 years ago. It's in my...

I received one almost 4 years ago. It's in my wallet and apart for using it to get a veteran's discount once or twice (Cotswold Camping) that's it.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2023, 04:37
Replies: 171
Views: 50,472
Posted By Whenurhappy

Ancestor worship

I've seen this trend of wearing ancestors' medals get to ridiculous heights when I attended the Gallipoli Commemorations in Türkiye 8 years ago. NZ and Australian serving personnel were...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2023, 10:28
Replies: 310
Views: 101,396
Posted By Whenurhappy

I blame the demise of ISS.

I blame the demise of ISS.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2023, 08:14
Replies: 14
Views: 3,869
Posted By Whenurhappy

At LTA threshold

Having been a member of AFPS 75 for 30 years, I was at the LTA threshold, so opted out of the pension scheme of my current employer, instead investing my contribution conventionally. I made an...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2023, 11:24
Replies: 98
Views: 36,301
Posted By Whenurhappy

I last claimed CEA April last year...

I last claimed CEA April last year...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2023, 17:49
Replies: 98
Views: 36,301
Posted By Whenurhappy

Rubbish.

Rubbish.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2023, 17:44
Replies: 98
Views: 36,301
Posted By Whenurhappy

I doubt it very, very much. Normally, the custody...

I doubt it very, very much. Normally, the custody of the children has to be assigned to the Serving person by the Courts before CEA is granted. Staying with dad during the holidays doesn't count.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2023, 10:38
Replies: 70
Views: 13,543
Posted By Whenurhappy

Attendance remains low and there is no compulsion...

Attendance remains low and there is no compulsion on parents to send kids to school, and for those kids to stay there, sadly. One thing that struck me particularly in NZ is the growth of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2023, 11:22
Replies: 70
Views: 13,543
Posted By Whenurhappy

Possibly, I'm well-placed to comment on some of...

Possibly, I'm well-placed to comment on some of NZ's strategic interests and challenges. I trained with the current NZ CDF and CAF; was on 5 Sqn (P3s); served in a research capacity with the RNZN;...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Sep 2022, 14:26
Replies: 101
Views: 23,787
Posted By Whenurhappy

You make a very good point. Earlier this year,...

You make a very good point. Earlier this year, the Home Office introduced enhanced background checks on ALL airport staff in the UK because of very real concerns about the insider threat. This has,...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Sep 2022, 14:15
Replies: 592
Views: 193,217
Posted By Whenurhappy

I think you would be surprised by the number of...

I think you would be surprised by the number of retired senior officers who are the CEs of professional and trade bodies, as well of bursars (COOs) of universities and Oxbridge collages.
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2022, 14:50
Replies: 6
Views: 1,965
Posted By Whenurhappy

I went through the FMB process at Henlow just...

I went through the FMB process at Henlow just over three years ago and put on immediate medical leave. My complex, life limiting conditions had neither been corrctly medically handled nor properly...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2022, 22:19
Replies: 592
Views: 193,217
Posted By Whenurhappy

These changes and directions were long underway...

These changes and directions were long underway before Adm Radakin became CDS.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2022, 22:18
Replies: 592
Views: 193,217
Posted By Whenurhappy

That particular Air Marshal could have sorted...

That particular Air Marshal could have sorted out MFTS but didn't. Current ACAS 'Spoons' Edwards could have also sorted out MFTS, but didn't. There's a pattern here reflecting integrity and...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2022, 08:26
Replies: 51
Views: 9,311
Posted By Whenurhappy

The events of the weeks and months ahead in CEE...

The events of the weeks and months ahead in CEE will determine what NATO - as a collective - does and whether the US continues to have a leading role in NATO and whether Putin-songging Trump is...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2022, 09:05
Replies: 24
Views: 5,839
Posted By Whenurhappy

I think Ramstein & Vogelwey would be an order of...

I think Ramstein & Vogelwey would be an order of magnitude bigger than Catterick. And who would want to live in the poverty-stricken North?
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2021, 07:14
Replies: 58
Views: 29,986
Posted By Whenurhappy

One question I have - if the RAF Regiment had...

One question I have - if the RAF Regiment had deployed, would it have been able to immediately call on all the Combat Service Support that 16 AA has assigned to them? Medics, Logs, Int, Eng etc? ...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2021, 07:10
Replies: 58
Views: 29,986
Posted By Whenurhappy

Ian C is a top bloke; I spent a year on a...

Ian C is a top bloke; I spent a year on a programme with him (30 years ago!) and last ran into him at IDEF a few years back. I wonder what he's up to?
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2021, 10:04
Replies: 37
Views: 16,169
Posted By Whenurhappy

In August 1991 Sir Peter Harding was flown down...

In August 1991 Sir Peter Harding was flown down to an international sporting event which had a significant RAF involvement in it (and I was team manager at this stage). I met him off the helicopter...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2021, 14:40
Replies: 122
Views: 37,824
Posted By Whenurhappy

It was in relation to concentrating everything at...

It was in relation to concentrating everything at BZZ, and answering an earlier question about why was Lyneham kept open, albeit not as an RAF station.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2021, 13:02
Replies: 122
Views: 37,824
Posted By Whenurhappy

The disposal of Lyneham was complicated for a...

The disposal of Lyneham was complicated for a number of reasons. Firstly, it had been two airfields (one a flying training station - run by Marshalls, I think - the landing ground was the large oval...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jul 2021, 07:27
Replies: 21
Views: 7,209
Posted By Whenurhappy

MOD was paying for a completely unnecessary...

MOD was paying for a completely unnecessary management layer at AWE - a LM/Jacobs/Serco consortium- at about £90 million pa. It added not value and employed double-hatted staff, who were separately...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2021, 07:32
Replies: 254
Views: 50,546
Posted By Whenurhappy

Steady there. I don't think that sort of language...

Steady there. I don't think that sort of language is necessary. Colonel is not a rank we use in the RAF.

Like many in the modern RAF, I have been under fire. I have also been held at gun point,...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jul 2021, 11:22
Replies: 254
Views: 50,546
Posted By Whenurhappy

Yes, the Service has survived many changes which...

Yes, the Service has survived many changes which were described as 'cataclysmic' at the time, and is generally better for it. My concern about 'Aviator' as a term to replace Airmen is that:

...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jun 2021, 08:48
Replies: 82
Views: 20,168
Posted By Whenurhappy

On a related issue, spouses who have accompanied...

On a related issue, spouses who have accompanied their serving partner abroad and have been unable to work, they can recover Class II NI payments through HMRC, as if they had been working during...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2021, 10:20
Replies: 46
Views: 11,567
Posted By Whenurhappy

Although Dido was appointed because she was 'good...

Although Dido was appointed because she was 'good at games' (and married to a Conservative MP) she was amazingly resilient in her role and rolled out an amazing PCR, LFD and genomic sequence network,...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jun 2021, 07:57
Replies: 117
Views: 29,444
Posted By Whenurhappy

Perhaps the most elegant State Yacht in use is...

Perhaps the most elegant State Yacht in use is the MV Savarona, the Presidential Yacht of Turkey. It has classic lines and is owned by a company and chartered back to the GoT as an when required. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2021, 11:35
Replies: 4
Views: 4,433
Posted By Whenurhappy

err, gives us a hint. What are you talking about?

err, gives us a hint. What are you talking about?
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2021, 08:42
Replies: 14
Views: 3,302
Posted By Whenurhappy

Anything vaguely 'military' will sell on eBay. I...

Anything vaguely 'military' will sell on eBay. I sold a field dressings haversack last year - presumably to a re-enactor - for a cool £85.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2021, 08:40
Replies: 14
Views: 3,302
Posted By Whenurhappy

Typically, I would wear my Greatcoat two or three...

Typically, I would wear my Greatcoat two or three times a year - until I was posted to an ISODET in Germany and then to an Embassy where it could get bone-snappingly cold for three months of the year...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2021, 13:34
Replies: 13
Views: 6,392
Posted By Whenurhappy

This lax approach to INFOSEC is in stark contrast...

This lax approach to INFOSEC is in stark contrast with USAF enforcement of NO LONE ZONES. Twice I had to bail out RE Works Teams who were testing ground Earths near (ie within 50-100 m) a No Lone...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2021, 13:16
Replies: 117
Views: 29,444
Posted By Whenurhappy

When HMY was in service, foreign politicians and...

When HMY was in service, foreign politicians and the great and the good would murder their own grandmothers to be invited to a soiree on board and distance to travel was no LIMFAC; I see no...
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