Hey, one of us has to be fit at least 
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ATF said there is an issue around colour of Text - from a distance the jumper ones are not clear…
Such a shame this didn’t come out in the planning process…
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Planning process … what is this thing of which you speak?
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Easiest thing would be to change the text colour to be a bit lighter (jumper blue, perhaps!)
It’s so ironic.
HQAC want us all to put SO much effort into planning our activities when they can’t even plan the design of a cheap pair of rank slides.
You couldn’t make it up.
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We can’t make out the black text on dark blue-grey background from a distance!?
Oh dear… If only someone had already thought of this problem and there had been some precedent which could have been followed…
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of course you could - this is all just cheap sequel stuff, it has all the imagination of Police Acadamy 56 or Highlander 19: This Time Its Forever!
do you not recall the one where they wanted the ACO to be the RAF’s footprint and then chucked them all out of the RAF?
or the one where they wouldn’t give anyone any uniform and then complained about uniform standards?
surely you remember that black comedy where they put a halfwit in charge of a flying, shooting and camping organisation, she stopped the flying, the shooting and the camping and they gave her a second term and a CBE?
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Well, the RAF have killed flying and camps, while the army/SASC have done for shooting.
Uniform standards - or else!
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Apparently not approved… even though they are from our official supplier…
They are our official supplier for the specific items permitted in our regulations.
They still sell a huge amount of other stuff that is not necessarily of any sort of approved pattern, so we cannot fall into the trap of assuming that it is OK just because CD sell it - they will sell anything that will shift, regardless of legitimacy! That is why I think it was a mistake getting into bed with them at all!
Perhaps they could be convinced to adopt a “legitimate uniform” badge that they could tag certain items with on their website.
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Flashed up on Facebook this morning. … They now have Gortex rank slides for sale
Is that why they charge what they charge?
These rank slides should be two quid a paid max, but people have bought them at a fiver, which is only encouraging rip-off OTT pricing.
In business terms this is a monopoly and HQAC should not be encouraging such things.
I am told they were the only company who proved they could provide the things in the correct design during the bidding process, and that they are actually doing us a deal! I’m not convinced.
With the technology available today I can’t think that’s right.
I wonder who in the MOD has shares in cadet direct?
I suspect that’s because they had actually created a design unlike HQAC who hadn’t thought that far ahead!
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Unless they send you the slides with the righting that is 5mm and the Flt Lt MTP are out of stock.
RO Direct are always advertising in the Air Cadet Rag. that cant be cheap.
The new rank slides (GPJ & MVP) make the uniform look better and doesn’t cost the MOD/RAFAC any money.
I wonder when the common sense “Yes” answer from HQRAFAC will happen, or should I not hold my breath?
Anyone know why our official DPM slides are multi-cam and not MTP? Is there a licence to pay for or something?