Yes, it is. The only reason I think it would be an alright idea is because it would look incredibly smar and with the possibility of removing working blues, people may not see a difference in the uniform types. I guess it’s to stand out more.
its a pants idea.
wearing No1’s - especially if you’re in the Army where No1’s look goooooooood - is great.
wearing No1’s every day, or in the cadet world, twice a week, gets very old very quickly. its not a ‘privilage’, its a right pain in the backside. only, to be frank, total perverts would enjoy it after the first month.
it also costs a fortune. a single set of No1’s - even cheapy, nasty ones - would cost around the same as 1,500 rounds of 5.56mm, or 6 PLCE bergens, 6 windproof smocks, 6 pairs of MTP trousers, 6 softie jackets and 6 pairs of boots.
outfitting an average sqn’s NCO’s would cost about the same as a second hand minibus.
are having NCO’s in No1’s within a million miles of being worth any one of those opportunity costs? no, they aren’t.
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Out of sheer morbid curiosity.
Does anyone know the cost “Per unit” for a set of No1’s to the RAF? I want to crunch some numbers.
Hat, Jacket and Trousers?
I don’t know how much RAF No.1s cost, but isn’t a more accurate comparison going to be Army No.2 dress? It wouldn’t cost quite as much. Besides, they don’t need to buy any stupid £300 cross belts.
no one is disagreeing it would look smart
but for the same reason every Air Cadet doesn’t get one flight in a Tornado/Hawk/Insert jet fighter here Cadets won’t get No1s = cost.
it would be awesome to offer Cadets something more than a two seat prop aircraft flight, as it would to offer No1s, or to be issued with a personal rifle, but at what cost and what reason???
Trust me.
They are more hassle than they are worth
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Turner Virr is about £300 retail price at the moment for Airmen
Snaiths you need a mortgage for
I am.
Cadets in correctly fitting 1s would look smart, but as empirical evidence shows they wouldn’t be correctly-fitting - they’d be scraped together from whatever could be found from a limited supply, and issued on a “that’ll do” basis.
It will look gash.
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100% agree.
Some staff struggle to wear them correctly fitted let alone 13 year old jimmy
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No 1s to expensive yes. How about Issuing GPJs