6 Month Dets for the RAF

[kev827]

Was in a briefing today and its official, everyone in the RAF will be doing 6 month dets as of Apr 12...what are peoples thoughts?

Will Medical Centres now be maxed out with people going sick?

 

[MQ-9 Reaper]

Was in a briefing today and its official, everyone in the RAF will be doing 6 month dets as of Apr 12...what are peoples thoughts?

Will Medical Centres now be maxed out with people going sick?

I feel a cough coming on...... ow my back......... oooh my knee. dont know whats up with me all of a sudden.

 

[MontyPlumbs]

Not suprising really with the numbers being cut.

The Pongos will have to find something else to whinge about now.

 

[muttywhitedog]

Was in a briefing today and its official, everyone in the RAF will be doing 6 month dets as of Apr 12...what are peoples thoughts?

Will Medical Centres now be maxed out with people going sick?

Care to elaborate where this briefing was and at what level was it delivered? I find it a bit strange that something that will affect us all hasnt been disseminated to everyone.

 

[Realist78]

Well, it's taken 20 years or so until the brownjobs have won. Time will tell with the glassback numbers etc.

 

[chiprafp]

RAFP dets have been 6 months for a while now

 

[techie_tubby]

I'm guessing that will just be for NFU's and not Formed unit detachments?

 

[MattBombHead]

Is it going to be people deploying before Apr 12 will be extended??

Or if you deploy AFTER Apr 12 you'll do 6 months??

 

[Stevienics]

I cannot speak for other places, but MPA was always six months for officers, with the exception of Aircrew of course. For them, if I recall correctly, it was about 2 days (one of which was R&R).

 

[Joe_90]

I assume the airbridge can now cope with the extra flights required? Considering a year ago the removal of R and R for the RAF was supposed to ease the pressure we now add another return flight a year for every current four month post.

 

[Mug?]

oh well

oh well

I assume the airbridge can now cope with the extra flights required? Considering a year ago the removal of R and R for the RAF was supposed to ease the pressure we now add another return flight a year for every current four month post.

They maybe haven't thought about that....
Or the fact that every survey that has been carried out over the last few years by the Families people and attitude survey said it would be not welcome to extend to 6 months.

don't forget the extension to the FISP slots (if they still trully exist?)

 

[Max Reheat]

Another rumour to get people to leave on the cheap before the next tranche of redundancies just like all the pension scaremongering. 1st April 2012 seems to be our doomsday, we'll all be dead in Dec 2012 anyway so it doesn't really matter

 

[Digzster]

Well, if this rumour is true, then my liver will certainly not survive 6 months on top of a mountain in the FI!

Last time I was down the medical boys came out to look at the possibility of extending the tours to 6 months and there was a resounding "NO" due to the isolation / conditions. I wonder what (if anything) has changed?

 

[MTMAD]

RAFP dets have been 6 months for a while now

Is that all RAFP Dets or just the ones from TPW Chip?

 

[rugby then work]

Well, if this rumour is true, then my liver will certainly not survive 6 months on top of a mountain in the FI!Last time I was down the medical boys came out to look at the possibility of extending the tours to 6 months and there was a resounding "NO" due to the isolation / conditions. I wonder what (if anything) has changed?

Your liver would be safe as the mountains are on a 2 can rule and have been for a while now.More to the point is that the mountain sites are all digital posts and as such you'd require a pool of manpower to fill in during R&R.

 

[vim_fuego]

Your liver would be safe as the mountains are on a 2 can rule and have been for a while now.More to the point is that the mountain sites are all digital posts and as such you'd require a pool of manpower to fill in during R&R.

If they continue to squeeze any more fun out of the job it's really not going to be worth doing...Whats next? A wank embargo?

 

[CI bloke]

Is that all RAFP Dets or just the ones from TPW Chip?

99% of all RAFP dets are 6 monthers

 

[Cooheed]

Look on the bright side, you'll get 2 weeks R & R so it's only a 5.5 month det DT_Xtremez_27:

 

[Climebear]

Look on the bright side, you'll get 2 weeks R & R so it's only a 5.5 month det DT_Xtremez_27:

Not too mention the extra week's POL at the end

And, theoretically, it should (a very big should) mean longer between detachments too

 

[RAF Bird]

Not too mention the extra week's POL at the end And, theoretically, it should (a very big should) mean longer between detachments too

yes but the cynic in me says it wont due to all the extra downgrades.