all I did was point something out!!
IMHO, there needs to be more specialist streams within the AC, so your going to have the following streams:
Pilot
Aeronautical Engineering
General Engineering (including CRS)
Aeronautical Medicine
General Duties (Admin, Logs, Non-Tech, Duties etc)
Sigs (including IT & ATC)
Some of those streams may only have a handful of officers in them (some only one), that then creates a training, recruitment/retention and promotion issues. Not insurmountable ones but things that would need to be addressed.
I'd be well of the view that AC (and NS) junior officers shouldn't be going overseas (outside their air/naval role), especially when personnel are at critical levels. But are we then going to increase their pay?
I'd also question GoH being provided by AC personnel but it is more likely to be required due to a decreased army, so reduce the occasions that they are required and/or establish a Gen Duties Sqn (that's going to a fun posting).
TRJ, operational missions are those missions assigned by Government, those include fishery protection, MATS, EAS, etc. Hopefully (with the personnel) in the future those will include AC aircraft overseas.
IMHO, there needs to be more specialist streams within the AC, so your going to have the following streams:
Pilot
Aeronautical Engineering
General Engineering (including CRS)
Aeronautical Medicine
General Duties (Admin, Logs, Non-Tech, Duties etc)
Sigs (including IT & ATC)
Some of those streams may only have a handful of officers in them (some only one), that then creates a training, recruitment/retention and promotion issues. Not insurmountable ones but things that would need to be addressed.
I'd be well of the view that AC (and NS) junior officers shouldn't be going overseas (outside their air/naval role), especially when personnel are at critical levels. But are we then going to increase their pay?
I'd also question GoH being provided by AC personnel but it is more likely to be required due to a decreased army, so reduce the occasions that they are required and/or establish a Gen Duties Sqn (that's going to a fun posting).
TRJ, operational missions are those missions assigned by Government, those include fishery protection, MATS, EAS, etc. Hopefully (with the personnel) in the future those will include AC aircraft overseas.
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