Waivers … are not to be granted in general to allow participation in all activities.
Consider: OC Region is happy for a staff member to attend activities. Prior to this, they issued a general waiver. Now, they must respond to a barrage of emails requesting specific authorisation for each activity.
I really can’t see the reasoning here.
At least there is some sanity in the new policy - it does allow attendance at staff training courses without a waiver:
Attendance of probationary SNCO on personal training/development courses and Rgn/Wg trg days is permitted without the need for a waiver.
Maybe we should consider every activity a “personal development course”
Never understood why you had to drag yourself down to Cranwell anyway.I did my initial course back in the mid 90s .Even then it consisted of just a lot of foot drill and uniform inspections.A bit of lecture technique and a final 10 minute presentation test.Also a bit on service writing (in the age of e mails that is now defunct no more of “i remain your obedient servant”)
This was dragged out over a weeks course.Looking back theres nothing there that couldnt have been done locally with subsequent savings on travel costs etc.Of course we have to have people kept in non jobs at ATF.
I guess it’s down to your wing. I know it is possible but don’t know of any, and certainly in our wing the idea would be appoint as a CI whilst waiting for all the faffing to be done with SNCO paperwork
Have they changed the difference in Officer and NCO probation terms yet?
I remember looking it up and there being a flat 12 months for NCO, but attendance at ATF for Officer…
I believe I said at that time and I say again, why would anyone go into uniform if it’s potentially going to stop them from attending events for 12 months.
I an organisation desperately short of volunteer staff especially uniformed why on earth would
Failure to attend or pass or satisfactorily complete within the probationary period may result in the termination of the appointment.
ever be a thing they keep in. Better to have it as 'preferred if they do.
I’ve never seen or heard of it happening. I’ve had 2 adult Sgts not go on SSIC within 12 months as they cancelled the ones they were going on twice for one the other was teacher and there were too few in school holidays. They did everything no questions asked.
As CIs doing AVIP etc depends if the Wing runs them frequently enough and then if they do can they go.
Why can’t they go on activities? There is no rationale for this, other than RCs must be needing something to do to justify their salaries. @1993 I did my AWO in 1990 and OIC a few years later, bigger wastes of time other than OSC iI’ve yet to find. Getting ‘paid’ was about the useful thing from it.
I had to request an extension, which was granted very easily. But then we’ve also had someone on the unit not done it since commissioning 4 years ago, not signed the VA, and never attends. HQ won’t remove her without a signed letter from her saying she’s resigned…
A Per Form 1-15 with accompanying evidence of trying to contact them without success should do it. I’ve even done it with screenshots of messenger convos where they’ve promised to complete a 1-09 and failed.
