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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2023, 12:15
Replies: 81
Views: 26,370
Posted By Easy Street

"Agile combat employment...

"Agile combat employment (https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-rearm-and-refuel-typhoon-in-exercise-agile-pirate/)" is the buzzphrase du jour, a concept born out of US concern for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Mar 2023, 22:07
Replies: 81
Views: 26,370
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
20th Mar 2023, 16:40
Replies: 81
Views: 26,370
Posted By Easy Street

I'd heard that AM Mayhew is on secondment to...

I'd heard that AM Mayhew is on secondment to industry. Mind you if his line managers have been content to sign off leave carry-overs in excess of 15 days throughout his starred career then he could...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2023, 08:18
Replies: 81
Views: 26,370
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
13th Mar 2023, 19:11
Replies: 14
Views: 3,183
Posted By Easy Street

BV, I wonder if your mention of a 'predicted'...

BV, I wonder if your mention of a 'predicted' pension pot means that you are thinking of the tax bills incurred when senior officers exceed the annual allowance? The LTA is only assessed when the...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2023, 11:56
Replies: 126
Views: 28,247
Posted By Easy Street

Which is why I find it very curious that some...

Which is why I find it very curious that some experienced voices in this thread seem to think that automating (with no need for manual back up) some or all of this exceptionally difficult task is a...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2023, 07:31
Replies: 81
Views: 26,370
Posted By Easy Street

Interested to see Jonny Stringer rumoured as...

Interested to see Jonny Stringer rumoured as third candidate rather than Harv Smyth. I'd have thought JS more likely to be considered next time around, but thinking about it I wonder if he would have...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2023, 21:07
Replies: 126
Views: 28,247
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: 28,247
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
12th Feb 2023, 14:55
Replies: 984
Views: 533,267
Posted By Easy Street

Intent, or its absence, is the difference between...

Intent, or its absence, is the difference between manslaughter and murder. Even lay people understand that, so your argument has no resonance whatsoever. Manslaughter very clearly means...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2023, 22:04
Replies: 984
Views: 533,267
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
11th Feb 2023, 19:40
Replies: 20
Views: 9,319
Posted By Easy Street

I wonder how indignant some on here would become...

I wonder how indignant some on here would become if a foreign court demanded copies of documents being used in an accident investigation before that investigation had reported... :hmm:
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2023, 18:49
Replies: 984
Views: 533,267
Posted By Easy Street

Hill's failings can't be reduced to the single...

Hill's failings can't be reduced to the single fateful mistake of continuing the loop. As has been recounted, he had made mistakes in previous displays and should have had some awareness of his own...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2023, 08:12
Replies: 984
Views: 533,267
Posted By Easy Street

A finding of unlawful killing is not effectively...

A finding of unlawful killing is not effectively a criminal judgment. On this occasion, Wiki (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_killing) explains perfectly well enough why:

"In R (on the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2023, 14:55
Replies: 31
Views: 11,159
Posted By Easy Street

It says something about GBAD in general, and it's...

It says something about GBAD in general, and it's not good news for air forces. Even operating close to the ground line of contact is a good effort in the contemporary context, and as the article...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2023, 07:08
Replies: 31
Views: 11,159
Posted By Easy Street

RUSI: Typhoon Force "completely overstretched and worn out"

Justin Bronk is usually well informed, so one has to wonder why more was not made of the issues in his latest paper...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2023, 06:24
Replies: 386
Views: 119,165
Posted By Easy Street

The "disastra memes" account on Instagram claims...

The "disastra memes" account on Instagram claims that said gentleman was a Vulcan pilot and Linton instructor. He didn't look impressed!
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2023, 08:53
Replies: 63
Views: 20,959
Posted By Easy Street

LAL, In an ideal world of course you would...

LAL,

In an ideal world of course you would screen students out on directly relevant skill sets, although I would be interested in your response to the report above that the Typhoon OCU couldn't...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2023, 09:15
Replies: 45
Views: 14,093
Posted By Easy Street

If R-R reduces or cuts its ties to the UK then it...

If R-R reduces or cuts its ties to the UK then it risks losing its guaranteed flow of defence investment, which is only justifiable on the basis of preserving domestic jobs, expertise and industrial...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2023, 08:12
Replies: 63
Views: 20,959
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: Rumours & News
26th Jan 2023, 00:20
Replies: 32
Views: 9,083
Posted By Easy Street

Someone mentioned MCAS as an example of technical...

Someone mentioned MCAS as an example of technical failure. My take on that is that it was a technical failure which only came about due to the requirement to make the aircraft feel the same to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2023, 23:50
Replies: 63
Views: 20,959
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: 4,449
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
14th Jan 2023, 20:34
Replies: 132
Views: 44,026
Posted By Easy Street

It was Treasury pressure to address the...

It was Treasury pressure to address the variability of the annual spend on flying training which compelled the MOD to contract it out. MFTS as contracted was certainly steady and predictable, but...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2023, 19:20
Replies: 82
Views: 17,943
Posted By Easy Street

It's correct, see here...

It's correct, see here (https://forcespensionsociety.org/2021/11/early-departure-payments-a-technical-comparison/). Although you are incorrect to say lump sums, plural: there is only one EDP lump sum...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2023, 16:27
Replies: 82
Views: 17,943
Posted By Easy Street

With the caveat that your question is "minimise...

With the caveat that your question is "minimise tax bill" and not "maximise net benefits" (which requires a much deeper analysis!), I offer the following:

1) ET one day before your end of service...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2023, 08:19
Replies: 6
Views: 2,422
Posted By Easy Street

Annington Homes aren't responsible in any way for...

Annington Homes aren't responsible in any way for the upkeep of any of their properties still in use by the MOD. That is entirely the MOD's job, done very badly through contractors. If Annington...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2023, 01:32
Replies: 82
Views: 17,943
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2023, 09:13
Replies: 82
Views: 17,943
Posted By Easy Street

Exactly, and this is something overlooked in too...

Exactly, and this is something overlooked in too many of the complaints about pension taxation by doctors and very senior officers. No one is "forced" to retire or reduce their working hours because...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2022, 10:09
Replies: 82
Views: 17,943
Posted By Easy Street

One way of avoiding the LTA is to divorce your...

One way of avoiding the LTA is to divorce your spouse and get a pension sharing order such that your remaining pension value falls below the threshold. Could easily save enough in tax to offset the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2022, 08:52
Replies: 301
Views: 139,431
Posted By Easy Street

According to the CAA online register ...

According to the CAA online register (https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/)the aircraft (G-BYAW) was "permanently withdrawn from use" on 17 October. That sounds a lot like...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2022, 10:08
Replies: 984
Views: 533,267
Posted By Easy Street

Responsibility for this accident extends beyond...

Responsibility for this accident extends beyond the mishandling of the loop. The very fact that AH was conducting LL aerobatics at such a constrained site raises, in my view, other issues of...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Dec 2022, 17:02
Replies: 984
Views: 533,267
Posted By Easy Street

The standard of proof for all Coroner's Court...

The standard of proof for all Coroner's Court decisions, including unlawful killing, has been 'the balance of probabilities' since a Supreme Court judgement...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Dec 2022, 08:21
Replies: 984
Views: 533,267
Posted By Easy Street

Thank you for posting the link to the High Court...

Thank you for posting the link to the High Court judgement. I have read it in full, and would encourage all interested in the case to do so for its crucial exploration of the "cognitive impairment"...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2022, 07:15
Replies: 327
Views: 69,636
Posted By Easy Street

There are not strictly any 'quotas' in force, but...

There are not strictly any 'quotas' in force, but 'targets' - subtly different. The process revealed to have been in use is that candidates were treated as being of equal merit if they reached the...
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