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That's the point, SDA right now isn't working for anyone. It's not enough to keep people happy, and it incentivises not sailing. The new SDA is supposed to actually reward people for sailing, rather than reward them for being posted to a ship. Last I heard is the idea is that when you're at sea...

Spec 1 was corrected to reflect the intention of spec pay. It was supposed to be a small boost over base pay, not pay S1s more than standard PO 2s. If trades need more pay, maybe the RCN should explore what the RCAF did with SAR Tech and other air crew trades.

That should be covered by spec pay. Sea Duty Allowance right now incentivizes being posted to a ship, not going to sea. Making it about actually sailing will encourage people to do their jobs at sea.

I think the real takeaway from this is that Canadians want the LPC to govern like the CPC and the LPC campaigned, not like the LPC had done for the last 9 years. If ridings are being flipped this late by recounts, it means that people want a more centrist and economy focused government.

That creates a whole new set of problems, and ignores the adventure/sailing aspect of the issue. Giving people sea pay to sit at home doesn't incentivize sailing. The RCN is looking at completely revamping Sea Duty Allowance to switch it back to being paid only for days at sea, rather than for...

I just read the free intro and already feel dumber...

This needs to be managed very carefully, because cutting too much sea time will result in people leaving as well... Generally the people who would leave are the ones the navy needs most, because they are the people who actually enjoy sailing and will go do the job at sea. When I got to...

I think the world has spent too long in peace, and forgotten that carrier ops are extremely high risk at the best of times. Same goes for helo ops off frigates and destroyers. If the choice is between maybe losing the helo, and definitely losing the ship, the CO will risk losing the helo.

I'm more a TSN fan... I suspect the 212CD might be a hard sell, if they can't actually fit us into the build schedule.

100%... I can call a friend "dickhead", and it's cool. If I call the CRCN that in anger while at work, I'm getting charged.

We may have been 30 years ago, now we are the 40 year old loser wearing his high school football/hockey jacket talking about the "glory days". Canada has been in a very high profile diplomatic dispute with India, why would either India or Pakistan want us to "mediate"?

I voted Green once before as well... It was a former classmate, and the LPC incumbent (Lawrence McAulay) was going to win regardless of my vote.

I'm not too shocked... Pakistan loves directing their Islamist extremists outward, and India is run by a Hindu supremist strong man. When I read that the terrorists lined people up, and sorted the male Hindus out for execution, I figured it wasn't going to be too long until things got real spicy.

There may be some value in that, but is the potential benefit worth the definite expense? You'll still need lots of people to provide security when the convoy stops, and when something goes wrong, so the personnel savings would be minimal. There is also the reality that the roads convoys...

In a WW2 style total war we definitely should go down that route. That said, we will likely have time to do those things before/during the war, so we should focused on the forward defense/offense first.