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Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2019, 22:45
Replies: 24
Views: 9,283
Posted By baffman

Forces still "own" 19 golf courses!

The Sunday People is reporting that the armed forces still own 19 golf courses – four years after the Defence Secretary asked why they needed so many:

...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2019, 21:49
Replies: 103
Views: 51,019
Posted By baffman

The test for a breach of the Official Secrets Act...

The test for a breach of the Official Secrets Act is not, however, "putting people's lives at risk" but making "damaging" disclosure.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2018, 18:10
Replies: 74
Views: 22,573
Posted By baffman

FYI the armed forces are exempt from age...

FYI the armed forces are exempt from age discrimination legislation.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2018, 16:00
Replies: 30
Views: 9,614
Posted By baffman

Whether the decision to offer anthrax inoculation...

Whether the decision to offer anthrax inoculation is right or not, a self-appointed adversary's apparent willingness to use banned weapons might have something to do with it.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Aug 2015, 20:57
Replies: 9
Views: 3,665
Posted By baffman

True FB but not the same though, especially...

True FB but not the same though, especially stamped on the reverse with an "R" to show they are replacements. I would hate to lose mine and they are far less impressive.

John, I have emailed a...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Aug 2015, 17:48
Replies: 9
Views: 3,665
Posted By baffman

John, have you managed to get media coverage in...

John, have you managed to get media coverage in Belgium? If not, no guarantees but we can try contacts in that country.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2015, 22:14
Replies: 12
Views: 5,174
Posted By baffman

In order to be quoting it yourself, presumably...

In order to be quoting it yourself, presumably you are in possession of some official letter or other document which refers to AP400B-0001 Leaflet 303? If so, that makes it more difficult for VA to...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Aug 2015, 18:16
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

Thank you again, DV. The Lord Cullen Inquiry...

Thank you again, DV.

The Lord Cullen Inquiry does seem to have been a missed opportunity, not least by the Inquiry itself. The notice of the inquiry was very insistent that the investigation of...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2015, 21:28
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

Thank you DV for another two very informative...

Thank you DV for another two very informative replies.

Ref your post #54, the quote from Lord Campbell of Croy (a former Secretary of State for Scotland, and holder of the Military Cross) is very...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2015, 21:53
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

That's basically it, Davef68. It's the difference...

That's basically it, Davef68. It's the difference between sections 1(a)(i) and 1(b) in the current legislation, i.e. the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2015, 20:47
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

Thank you again, DV. I had read that quote from...

Thank you again, DV. I had read that quote from the Scottish Government Minister but am not sure that I fully follow it:
That rather makes it sound as if the power to hold a discretionary FAI into a...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jul 2015, 14:40
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

DV thank you very much. I appreciate that you...

DV thank you very much. I appreciate that you have been all over this already and have posted many times on the subject, so apologies for the late questions. I'm clear that in practice inquests into...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2015, 20:06
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

DV, thank you. The "lone campaigner" is to be...

DV, thank you. The "lone campaigner" is to be congratulated, as it is clear that the issue of FAIs into the deaths of service personnel in Scotland had not been considered by Lord Cullen's inquiry,...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2015, 21:07
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

Thanks Davef68. I have now read the relevant...

Thanks Davef68. I have now read the relevant written submissions by a campaigner to the Justice Committee concerning the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Bill...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2015, 12:03
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

DV have you made representations regarding the...

DV have you made representations regarding the draft Scottish Parliament legislation?
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2015, 11:16
Replies: 124
Views: 36,460
Posted By baffman

DV, I know you really meant "or Coroner's Inquest...

DV, I know you really meant "or Coroner's Inquest in England and Wales or Northern Ireland"! More importantly, strength to your arm. I was astonished to hear that the Crown Office don't have records...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2015, 11:07
Replies: 16
Views: 4,026
Posted By baffman

I'm not sure that the timing of this revelation...

I'm not sure that the timing of this revelation is so very inconvenient to HMG. I've checked the dates of the FOI request. The request was submitted on 20 March and the reply was issued on 15 June -...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jun 2015, 08:47
Replies: 28
Views: 8,284
Posted By baffman

Since 1989 in order to obtain a conviction under...

Since 1989 in order to obtain a conviction under the OSA it has been necessary that the unauthorised disclosure caused actual damage to Security and Intelligence, Defence, Foreign Relations etc as...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2015, 15:46
Replies: 29
Views: 6,842
Posted By baffman

Genstabler, dedicated service constituencies have...

Genstabler, dedicated service constituencies have been suggested before, as you probably know. One difficulty is that either service voters would have two votes each (nice, but dream on), or they...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2015, 14:52
Replies: 29
Views: 6,842
Posted By baffman

Cancel the Service Complaints Ombudsman legislation?

The Coalition Government's legislation transforming the post of Service Complaints Commissioner into a Service Complaints Ombudsman received the Royal Assent on 26 March 2015. The Ombudsman (des),...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2015, 15:46
Replies: 28
Views: 8,284
Posted By baffman

The Official Secrets Act...

The Official Secrets Act (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/6) isn't as out-of-date as all that, the current version having been enacted in 1989. Internet or no internet, it still makes sense...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2015, 16:50
Replies: 92
Views: 18,549
Posted By baffman

Unlikely to be a NATO issue. More likely, as with...

Unlikely to be a NATO issue. More likely, as with shipbuilding, to be down to the fact that under EU competition regulations, nations such as the UK can give preference to in-country defence...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2015, 14:24
Replies: 436
Views: 164,852
Posted By baffman

Interesting point: in other words, that the Crown...

Interesting point: in other words, that the Crown Office COULD have initiated a Fatal Accident Inquiry on public interest grounds, but an FAI would be MANDATORY if the deaths were regarded as having...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2015, 20:14
Replies: 37
Views: 10,936
Posted By baffman

Notwithstanding all the grumbling about OFSTED,...

Notwithstanding all the grumbling about OFSTED, there is surely something to celebrate in the assessment.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2015, 23:42
Replies: 171
Views: 36,215
Posted By baffman

It is reported that Biggin Hill Airport has...

It is reported that Biggin Hill Airport has stepped in to make up the shortfall of £50K per year in the running costs.

Battle of Britain chapel saved from closure by Biggin Hill Airport -...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2015, 01:04
Replies: 171
Views: 36,215
Posted By baffman

Signed earlier. Please Don't Close St....

Signed earlier.

Please Don't Close St. George's RAF Chapel of Remembrance Biggin Hill - e-petitions (http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/73191)
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Dec 2014, 14:14
Replies: 120
Views: 18,020
Posted By baffman

It would appear that PPRuNe has now acquired a...

It would appear that PPRuNe has now acquired a time machine, enabling posts to be submitted direct from the 1960s.


Compliments of the season!
Baffman
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2014, 20:12
Replies: 120
Views: 18,020
Posted By baffman

Regrettably the current all-male infantry has no...

Regrettably the current all-male infantry has no immunity to failing marriage.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2014, 20:35
Replies: 120
Views: 18,020
Posted By baffman

gijoe: The point you are replying to was...

gijoe:

The point you are replying to was about divorce rates in mixed units. Nothing specifically to do with "the job of closing and engaging with the enemy".
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Dec 2014, 17:22
Replies: 120
Views: 18,020
Posted By baffman

@tucumseh. FYI the Women in ground close combat...

@tucumseh. FYI the Women in ground close combat (GCC) review paper was published on the Gov/MoD website.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2014, 18:45
Replies: 29
Views: 6,842
Posted By baffman

@Courtney Mil Why would the MoD install a...

@Courtney Mil
Why would the MoD install a mechanism that will only cause them grief? Because it has been pressured into doing so by cogent argument, not least by the present Service Complaints...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2014, 11:14
Replies: 56
Views: 13,680
Posted By baffman

The civilian composition of the CM board was...

The civilian composition of the CM board was mentioned earlier. Where the accused is a civilian but is not ex-Service, the board should be entirely civilian. Where the accused is ex-Service, the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2014, 18:24
Replies: 23
Views: 4,958
Posted By baffman

@ Al R, thank you very much for what you say,...

@ Al R, thank you very much for what you say, much appreciated. In all fairness, this has not been "our" campaign but I note your updates and the FPS statement that they accept the situation.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2014, 22:02
Replies: 23
Views: 4,958
Posted By baffman

Agreed about the IHT exemption but as a matter of...

Agreed about the IHT exemption but as a matter of interest, this was not a recent change in the law.


Death as a result of active service - complete exemption from Inheritance Tax...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2014, 13:32
Replies: 436
Views: 164,852
Posted By baffman

Important stuff, but I'm puzzled as to what...

Important stuff, but I'm puzzled as to what status such a ruling could have.

As you say tucumseh, obeying an order to make a false declaration is likely to result in a criminal offence, including...
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