Even if you were open why would Wing need the Cadets names in advance?
This is how our Wing arranges it. We have to tell them names in advance. 6 weeks in advance, normally.
Wtaf.
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I know Iâm old but when I was a cadet, final parade on a Friday notice âflying tomorrow/Sunday, volunteers, bus leaves Lord Nelson Street 08:00, be there with 3822 and a packed lunch if you want to take one?â
Edited to add; at the time more than a few of the older cadets 15 to 18 had Saturday jobs in shops, so time off was at a premium.
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that is ridiculous!
We really donât help ourselves sometimes in this organisation
I barely work 6 weeks in advance except for the most major events and unlike most cadets Iâm in control of my own calendarâŚ
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And Iâm willing to bet this is the only allocation we get this year.
That needs a formal complaint up the chain as far as you need to take it. Your cadets have missed out because of:
- a mandated shut down
- pathetic and illogical local rules that increase the admin burden and have no actual need to exist other than increasing admin burden.
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If I had any faith that any form of complaint - constructive or otherwise - would actually make a difference (or even just be heard), then I would.
HoweverâŚ
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Then send a letter to parents explaining the situation and giving them Tonyâs email address.
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Give them the COS email address, I always find it more effective to aim for the deputy as they tend to be quite good at getting things done & resolving but you can always escalate to the top person if they donât do anything (which allows the organisation to save face & blame the deputy).
If you always go to the top person then it will just get delegated & lost within the bureaucracy
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To be fair the email would just get forwaded to COS anyways. CoS and 6FTS have a really good working relationship.
Slightly off-topic, who is current COS?
So, just to check with the hive mind, does anybody else have to submit the names of those attending AEF / VGS at any point before actually going?
We do, yes. Have been threatened to have places revoked because I hadnât yet given names in the past. Albeit, we donât need to give 6 weeks notice of names. Normally only a week or two. For Boscombe down things are slightly stricter too but maybe opsec (?) but yeah, all names required in advance!
Its only a fairly recent thing thatâŚsomething super secret squirrel must be going on
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We donât, no.
Thatâs changed this year, just need staff names in advance for passes now as I recall, updated JIs are to be issued.
Sounds like a question you should raise under RC Northâs challenge everything policy.
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