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Hmmmmmmm, am I to assume that RAF officers are seen in a bad light by those in 'the trades'?
I only ask as I'm off to Cranwell tommorrow and I don't want to be despised for my entire military career!
I only ask as I'm off to Cranwell tommorrow and I don't want to be despised for my entire military career!
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Talking radalt, if you read who the post was replying to and read tjat post, you might find the relevance. I AM sorry for letting real issues getting in the way of moaning about pay and conditions.
I'm terribly sorry but I must be missing the point. It would appear that my years of hard work to get my little pink bottom into a jet, the subsequent years of hard work in helping my various sqns to take their place in theatres around the world have all been for nothing because of the actions of some Dutch infantryman. How worthless I now feel that it's all been for nothing. I don't know how I can look myself in the face after all those months spent on peacekeeping missions over Northern Iraq and Bosnia, when I was trying my best to carry out the mission to the best of my ability, when all I was doing was contributing to the bloodshed. Shame on all you truckie and SH mate who helped out the UN around the world - didn't you realise that because of someone elses actions, your entire professional life's work is in vain?
Join Date: Apr 2001
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I'm surprised by your altruistic view of why some of us become commissioned officers. Half of my total RAF service (15 years) was in the ranks and true enough, one of the main reasons for applying for a commission was that the challenges and responsibilities presented to me as an NCO were not enough to keep me happy.
However, considering the number of threads in this forum relating to pay/allowances/conditions/retention/DHE etc are you really surprised that some of the motivating factors for commissioning are quality of life issues?
When you consider that within the last 8 months I have completed three operational deployments in the Veritas AOR, each of just under two months - I would think I am justified in putting pay and quality of life (when in the UK) fairly near the top of my list of priorities.
CV
I'm surprised by your altruistic view of why some of us become commissioned officers. Half of my total RAF service (15 years) was in the ranks and true enough, one of the main reasons for applying for a commission was that the challenges and responsibilities presented to me as an NCO were not enough to keep me happy.
However, considering the number of threads in this forum relating to pay/allowances/conditions/retention/DHE etc are you really surprised that some of the motivating factors for commissioning are quality of life issues?
When you consider that within the last 8 months I have completed three operational deployments in the Veritas AOR, each of just under two months - I would think I am justified in putting pay and quality of life (when in the UK) fairly near the top of my list of priorities.
CV
