RAF bomber delayed by concrete farce
Hard as it may be to believe, your correspondent has actually had to negotiate to have concrete poured in a certain place at a certain depth, to a certain specification IN AFGHANISTAN (camp bastion to be precise). And you know what? It’s bl**dy impossible!
For once I actually feel sorry for the RAF (Tw&ts) who had to organise this.
The reason is obvious when you think about it. The contracting companies are not English speaking (the ones I dealt with were not even european, but Turkish!). The local civilians they employ (for sound reasons of security & rebuilding-of-economy purposes) are all INCREDIBLY lazy, poorly motivated, and UNSKILLED.
That the RAF did not aim off for any of this delay is more shocking, but then again, they’ve not been doing as much real war fighting as their colleagues in green have been, and therefore are way less organised. Plus, they only care about getting in their kites, and leave all that boring “admin” stuff to the lower echelons of the force. Well guess what kiddies, it’s the boring detail that will ground you or kill you any day of the week & twice on Sundays.
I thought that you were referring to the Daily Telegraphs’ Australian outworkers when you wrote The local civilians they employ (for sound reasons of security & rebuilding-of-economy purposes) are all INCREDIBLY lazy, poorly motivated, and UNSKILLED.
When I pay 90p for a newspaper I expect them to be able to SPELL
“ *> There <* delay was caused by Whitehall indecision and a “bureaucratic nightmare” with other Nato allies who share the airfield on where to build the ramp.”
Back O/T, our so-called allies, except for those actually engaging with the enemy, should be told to get lost, British Ramps For British Fighters.
Yeah, and Navy pilots are going to have their summer holidays ruined because of the RAF. How many of these local contractors just scoping the place for an attack anyway? What’s the vetting like?