Good riddance to him fella. Well done.
I agree SVS, good riddance seems highly appropriate, but what is the detail behind why is he going? If the guy is falling on his sword or his departure is a forced one due to parading in uniform ineligible young people, then great, ‘discipline’ (for want of a better word) should been seen to be done and the new incumbent should therefore have a simple task of moving forward. If he’s just going anyway and not as a result of Daughtergate, then the new man (or woman) will have a more difficult task.
The keyword here is … might, a lot different to … is.
If this chap does go, the new incumbent will be coming into a sqn where there has been whistle blowing, regardless of intent, for something that wasn’t actually endangering anyone’s life, which doesn’t actually engender a sense of confidence in those around you.
[quote=“glass half empty 2” post=14162]The keyword here is … might, a lot different to … is.
If this chap does go, the new incumbent will be coming into a sqn where there has been whistle blowing, regardless of intent, for something that wasn’t actually endangering anyone’s life, which doesn’t actually engender a sense of confidence in those around you.[/quote]
if what we’ve heard is correct, then we’ve an OC with a somewhat relaxed attachment to the big rules of the organisation, an over-bearing SNCO with an entitlement complex and no interest whatsoever in the rules, and a very pushy CI with no interest in the rules. i’m rather struggling to understand why an incoming OC should have any confidence in any of them whatsoever…
broken command structure - this isn’t ‘a bad apple’, its a bag of rotten apples, and when we find a bag of rotten apples in the fridge, we don’t throw one in the bin and keep the rest.
I should find out all the details tomorrow about why he is leaving but I have also heard a rumor that bothe the SNCO and CI are going for a commission which is worrying!
One would hope that the WSO Interview, Wing Board and OASC will weed these types out.
However they shouldn’t really get past the WSO - if they have the balls.
sadly what normally happens is that the WSO/board passes the buck to the next stage - they don’t want to have a difficult conversation with the SNCO/CI that results in flying teddy bears, so they pass them through hoping that the next stage will bin them. OASC of course assume that if someone gets to their door the candidates sponsor likes them and want them as officers, so will only bin them if there’s a glaring problem that presents itself while at OASC. assuming our throbber/morale vaccuum/idiot can keep himself in check for a week he’s through…
in the CO/WSO/WB’s defence, they have to weigh up the risk of throbber candidate getting through OASC against the risk of an all mighty hissy fit when he gets told by people he knows that he’s not good enough. even throbbers can be useful in a short staffed organisation, and if he’s the only bloke on the sqn with a ticket to drive the minibus, or is the sqn’s RCO or ML, the local hiarchy might be very wary of upsetting him to the point that he jacks it in.
From what I remember more people fail OASC than get through so I think your right about wings passing them on even if they are borderline.
Most people that go and don’t make it come back changed for the worse in my experience. Some give up altogether, some come back with attitude, some defeated. In fact I have only seen one person out of the half dozen I know failed the first time want to try again.