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Because "Elbows Up" was such a masterclass in policy... People don't vote on policy, they vote on vibes. The LPC won because they captured the vibe and used the CPCs ideas. We'll see how well people vibe with the LPC after the budget drops and the reality of it sinks in.

I depends on your element, and your size. If you're army, then delays are caused by lack of stock due to a change in DEU happening late next year. For the other elements, if you are a common size, there is often a delay in getting some items restocked. It's likely that the delay in...

You'd be pretty dumb to throw more money into an environment that is hostile to you. If BC was like Manitoba, property values would have already plummeted. The climate it the only thing keeping this from becoming a full blown catastrophe.

There is no way it is in this case, but CAF policy is written to cover all occupations. Some of which can and will lose spec over time.

I assumed as much. There is a lot of competition for clicks, so you need to generate outrage. Having your spec held until the review is done is far better than the (slim) possibility of having pay removed after the review.

Fair points, but consider it this way; there will likely never be a better opportunity in our lifetimes to expand the capability of the CAF in peace-time. If we don't do it now(next couple of years) even with personnel shortages, its never going to happen. Besides, the C17s we already jave...

You're aware FSP is a thing, and the L1s are now making arguments for why they need the thousands of new PYs? There is no need to cut to add to the CAF. Perhaps we need to give up our scarcity mindset to get to a stable and usable state.

To be more precise; my point was that highlighting specific examples of one type of nerd not acting in the typical manner does not disprove the point that nerds are generally bad at making things for other users. If it wasn't the case, we would not need UI specialists to exist. The fact we...

I don't think they'd be so dumb. They'd likely say "Thanks for lending a hand, because with America pre-occupied in Europe, China is more likely to need extra watching."

So in one instance the CAF has managed to realize human factors/user interface is important, and that means the rest of the CAF/GoC have no issues... There are myriad examples of poor UI in software commonly used in DND and other government departments. MM, RDIMS, DRIMS, etc..

It's likely better to fill the trades that exist first, then start branching out into other skills.

We are in a hurry, but aviation standards don't bend to RCN whims... CCG Hellos are civilian, which means in some ways, their standards for operations are actually higher than ours. The RCN can't fly helos from AOPVs because the RCN and RCAF don't think it's worth effort/money. We don't have...

I'm a day late to the party, but unless a hurricane/typhoon is going to directly strike the target area, it will have little impact on capability. The USN has MetOc centers for each fleet that provide updates to the ships, and a CSG has an embarked MetOc team to provide on-site support...

The intent to "mothership" in peace time is to use rented commercial ships. Why spend 200M when you can do what you need to for few million at a time? The CDCs are intended to be small warships.

There is slightly more to BMQ than that, but yeah... I'm not a fan of "training" as much as a famil day for everybody who has applied or is thinking of applying. Something to whet the appetite before people get distracted by something else.