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  1. metimmee

    Normalisation of deviance

    I read this earlier http://www.fastjetperformance.com/podcasts/how-i-almost-destroyed-a-50-million-war-plane-when-display-flying-goes-wrong-and-the-normalisation-of-deviance Interesting read and something I recognise. I can't help thinking. ...I hope...I wouldn't have, if I'd have been in the...
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    Beret wearing, medal wearing civvy?

    Those of us that have served have earned the right to wear the beret and if served in long enough / deployed in operational tours have been awarded medals. My question for the 'goat is, when you became a civvy, have you felt an urge to wear beret/medals? Despite my length of service, I cant...
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    Cuckoo in the nest

    I'm assigned on promotion when I get back from daan saarf in January. My daughter is in her A2 year in the local 6th form so don't think I'll have any problems retaining the FQ while she's still studying. I plan to buy in locally in August if in can but there's a worry that I'll outstay my...
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    My weight loss experience

    Apologies for the length of this post.. I thought I'd share something with my brother and sister 'goaters about my weight loss experience. Not for compliments but to articulate how it can work, especially with some of the curve-balls thrown at us in Service life. After Christmas this year, I...
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    Imperial War Museum - First World War Exhibition

    Mrs Metimmee and I went to the London Imperial War museum today. It took us about 3 hrs to get around the 1st world war exhibition. I'm guessing it has been revamped for the centenary. I can thoroughly recommend a visit; excellent use of multimedia telling the story of WW1. Some parts, such...
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    Brave or stupid?

    What do Goaters think of this linkio. Apparently the nose landing gear needed some persuasion in deploying. To remedy this a couple of technicians successfully worked on the nose gear in the hover and the aircraft landed safely. While we dont know the context in terms of fuel state of the...
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    Armed Forces drink 'to point of oblivion', minister warns

    Another onslaught against Service life linkio.
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    A-Level Distance Learning

    Mrs Metimmee would like to study A-Level Chemistry via diatance learning. It looks like a minefield with many dodgy providers, it is difficult to reliably test how good these colleges are. My current front runner is Pembrokeshire Online College, a provier which is also a local college which...
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    ARRSE Watch - Interesting CVF Post

    Interesting post about CVF history on this link on the "F35 - Money well spent." thread.
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    Al Murray - Pub Landlord

    In the Cosford museum right now.
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    Current charity?

    I'm pushing out a survey for some education I'm doing and will be donating for every response I get up to a max of £100. What's the current e-goat charity?
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    New A Tech(Av) Job On Manning Volunteers List

    New Sgt/Chf Tech project management/engineer role at Abbey Wood up for grabs! Get it while it's hot though, applications close 14 Dec.
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    Spectacular Space Shuttle Vid

    Amazing footage taken from the Solid Rocket Booster of the now retired Space Shuttle. I wasn't expecting so much wind noise at 125k feet! Shame the altitude stays with the orbiter and not the SRB. 2aCOyOvOw5c
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    POL Question

    A quick Q for those that know about these things. Am I correct in thinking that a POL section is responsible for controlling all of the POL entering a unit? A POL section would presumably not want a section purchasing their own POL directly without involving the POL section? Which leads me to...
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    DSEi 2011

    DSEi is the world largest Defence and Security Expo that takes place at Excel in London every 2 years (link). I last went 4 years ago and was asked for my CV a few times after talking to exhibitors. It truly is a massive expo, it took me more than a day to get around it last time I went. It's...
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    Bournemouth Sevens Festival 2011 Tickets

    I have 3 spare tickets for Bournemouth Sevens Festival 2011, face value £40 available for free. PM me if you are interested.
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    Engineer Ground Taxi of Aircraft

    With the exception of Cosford, are there any other platforms which allow authorised ground taxi of aircraft by technicians?
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    Movers

    I just read this article about an unserviceability and alleged balls-up preventing a VIP flight leaving for theatre. Can someone describe the movements section at Brize, is it completely RAF or a mixture of Army and RAF; who manages it? Also, if crew duty hours are at risk due to delays, do...
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    Yeovilton TG1 Drafter visit

    So who was there this afternoon? A mention of e-goat during the grim briefing got a few laughs so I assume there must be a few members around here? It seems we are 101% manned against current establishments. With ISK and other units to close I would say redundancies are inevitable in...
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    Advice about renting a house

    Alas, my section is moving to a secret MoD acquisition establishment in Bristol next year. Its time for my wife's career to take precedence over mine and put some roots down. Unfortunately we can’t afford to buy metimmee towers just yet so we are looking to rent in the area where we will...
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