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RAF Recruiting Booklet 1976 Part1
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foxOneFive
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That bloke with his top off marshalling the herc in "prob Cyprus" done it for me. Not on a gay thing I must say lol.
On a sun thing. And then years later, you found out later that you lived in a fly infested ****e whole with 3 others and a fan above, that some arse had to throw a towel at. Good times tho
On a sun thing. And then years later, you found out later that you lived in a fly infested ****e whole with 3 others and a fan above, that some arse had to throw a towel at. Good times tho
chumpzilla
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I did chuckle when I saw MT nestled in with the engineering area...
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they did it right back then eh first off "engineering team" the rest "support team" 
DT_Xtremez_31: in otherwards all the idiots on the "support team" picking up engineering wages the dont frigging earn.
DT_Xtremez_31: in otherwards all the idiots on the "support team" picking up engineering wages the dont frigging earn.
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they did it right back then eh first off "engineering team" the rest "support team"
Best you look again MMJ... The first one was AirWatch team....
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That was another world in a parallel universe.
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If you aren't first on the list... Well... You are just members of the supporting cast
without aircraft you have nothing to "control" or to "plan" for.
without the engineers all a pilot becomes is a pedestrian with sunglasses and a fancy leather jacket, with self inflated ego.
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It's a test of the applicants resolve, interest and tolerence for reading boring Shoite.
On reading the above example, if they can get past that first section on the boring auxiliary trade of Air Tragic then they may have what the Engineering Elite are looking for.
On reading the above example, if they can get past that first section on the boring auxiliary trade of Air Tragic then they may have what the Engineering Elite are looking for.
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Without pay nobody would do anything.
Saying that a lot of people got there pay messed up and still came to work.
without aircraft you have nothing to "control" or to "plan" for.
without the engineers all a pilot becomes is a pedestrian with sunglasses and a fancy leather jacket, with self inflated ego.
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What stood out to me was the attitude to socialising versus fitness. There is one paragraph in there about what you can do to keep fit which was essentially a list of activities...nothing about stringent fitness levels etc etc and this was at the height of the cold war where if you listen to the cold war warriors we were never in such peril. It spent a lot more ink on telling people they could go out, have cuppas, drink, socialise, drink some more, try to fire into WRAF's and so on...no wonder it was an attractive options! I also liked the 'every day started with a cooked breakfast'! If it did you'd soon be back at stores for some bigger trousers...
I may have embellished the firing into WRAF's bit but what else was there to do after all the drinking and socialising?
I may have embellished the firing into WRAF's bit but what else was there to do after all the drinking and socialising?
bigtrev952
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Had the flight line mechanic role rammed at me and swallowed it in 1976 ! Ended up as a FS Mtd in the end.
brilliant life and career very much enjoyed upto the last couple of years, when there was 100'000 less airmen than when I joined.
brilliant life and career very much enjoyed upto the last couple of years, when there was 100'000 less airmen than when I joined.
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Was Baldrick
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Yep, sold the Flight Line Mechanic hook, line and sinker. Had I known a little better I might had gone single trade.
Didn' t get to wear the shorts until first trip to ASI though. Still have fond memories of my time on B Line.
Didn' t get to wear the shorts until first trip to ASI though. Still have fond memories of my time on B Line.