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  1. Tin basher

    McCloud date 1 October

    Civil service pension increase news and includes a link to more RSS info. https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/pensioner-news-spring-2024/?utm_source=gov.notify.&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pensioner-newsletter-spring-2024&utm_content=direct-email
  2. Tin basher

    Shader aircraft shoot down Iranian drones

    I don't think so. Yes its a country run by a dictatorship al beit a religious one rather than your standard tyrannical regime (Putin Kim Jung ill, Assad etc) but I reckon most Iranians would like to see the back of the mad Mullahs who hold sway mainly by fear. I'm certain the ladies of the...
  3. Tin basher

    Raf Scampton and migrants

    Now you can add East Camp St. Athan to the list. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68694674 If they knew beforehand that they would be going to East Camp it may have caused some to have rethink:LOL: , rain, lego land, rain, valley commando's, rain.
  4. Tin basher

    Army beards

    In these days of drone warfare, mission capable UAV's, long range missiles, GPS locators, etc I think having or not having a beard is the least of your frontline worries. On the ground the speed the round leaves the weapon is not altered by age, size, gender or the user pulling the trigger...
  5. Tin basher

    Army beards

    If the BBC is correct the RAF have allowed beards since 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49313406
  6. Tin basher

    Boeing boeing gone (maybe)

    Changes afoot at the Boeing top table. "Boeing boss Dave Calhoun will leave at the end of this year amid a deepening crisis over the firm's safety record. Boeing also said that the head of its commercial airlines division will retire immediately while its chairman will not stand for...
  7. Tin basher

    TG1 Retention again

    We could run a short training course of only a few weeks to get some "low skilled" mechanics out on there doing that sort of work. As mechanics working on the flight line we could perhaps call them flight line mechanics that would be a new and novel solution. ..........Oh wait
  8. Tin basher

    Princess of Wales. Cancer diagnosis.

    No one has her on the list for this year. Her father in law might be a good bet for next year
  9. Tin basher

    Princess of Wales. Cancer diagnosis.

    I lost someone extremely close to me in December to Cancer. For 3 years she fought it brilliantly and did fantastically well but in the last month it really took hold and the battle was lost. I wouldn't wish this illness on anyone regardless of social standing, wealth, age or strength of...
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    Boeing boeing gone (maybe)

    Looks like troubled times ahead for Boeing, lawsuits, build quality issues and so on. As one of a very few large volume aviation manufacturers how much do Boeing troubles affect the whole industry? The path to civvy aviation is well trodden route for some ex service types an industry without...
  11. Tin basher

    MP’s 2024 payrise

    5.5% for MP's:cry: Public service pensions which have been in payment for a year will be increased by 6.7% from 8 April 2024(y) State pension for oldies like me increasing by 8.5% in April 2024.(y) Seems the poor dears in the Commons have dipped out. :ROFLMAO...
  12. Tin basher

    Turkey Teeth

    The anecdotal "sunburn rule" has been around since Ben Hur was the MTO and Pontius was a pilot but I don't know of anyone who actually got in trouble for over doing the UV rays. A few hearty, yet well meaning, slaps on the smarting back from your mates was usually enough. I doubt anything will...
  13. Tin basher

    Greetings

    Welcome Erik and enjoy the goat.
  14. Tin basher

    Fitness test change?

    Even more surprised to see 50 -54 on the scale. Surely running to the bar is enough at that age
  15. Tin basher

    New Accomodation Model

    The blokes in the Spanish Army are taking drastic action to upgrade thier accomodation standards and get a pay rise. So maybe its not that bad here. https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/world-news/spanish-soldiers-changing-gender-to-female-for-added-benefits/
  16. Tin basher

    Unnecessary NI court action

    NI a time and a story that seemingly just won't go quietly into the history books even decades after the "troubles". Those in uniform in the 70's, if they are still with us, are heading for their own personal 70's now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68510390
  17. Tin basher

    Joining the RAF in 1981 at age 16.5 and joining now 2024....How has it changed?

    Wednesday afternoons I certainly did and many of them!! In my early years at various units station cricket in the summer, station football (2nd XI) in the winter. Later years station golf in the summer with "Expeds" to the USA and Scotland thrown in with station hockey in the winter plus...
  18. Tin basher

    Is it time yet?

    On the surface a nice idea to re-establish a larger NATO presence in the Germany Poland area, but a pipe dream these days I reckon. Where are we to get the bodies? The UK forces have been pared to the bone, the extra bods we once stationed over there are long gone. I don't think we have enough...
  19. Tin basher

    New Accomodation Model

    Now the lawyers are involved as it appears there are different age based rules in different forces. "Lawyers from UK legal firm Leigh Day believe that as many as 80,000 serving members of the military could be eligible to join the compensation claim after allegedly being unfairly overcharged by...
  20. Tin basher

    Unnecessary NI court action

    Another twist to the story. "Conditional immunity from prosecutions for Troubles-era crimes, contained in the UK government's controversial Legacy Act, is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, the High Court in Belfast has ruled."...
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