Recent content by SeaKingTacco

DB is better than most North American Passenger Rail operators, but by European standards, they have a shitty reputation for ontime performance (I’ve ridden them alot and generally had good experiences- except for them once stranding me in Mannhiem), but I also came a Canadian background of low...

I think every airport in Canada is now run by an airport authority and they raise funds from landing fees and passenger levies. They don’t get alot of federal money. Which is why airline travel is so expensive in Canada. Edit: poor grammar

That is a difficult one to answer, because I could nap anywhere, at anytime. But, if I was to deconstruct it, I suppose I had a mental routine. For me, I would clear my mind by mentally counting things. This broke my mind away from thinking/worrying about the right now stuff. In short, at...

Well acquainted with the Probationary Period and the COs as release authority. The problem is that nobody told COs what the actual procedure was and, DMCA still wants to be consulted (ie allowed to Veto), so the CO is not actually the release authority, in practice.

The last numbers I saw were something like 80% of NEPs elect to stay in the CAF after their one year engagement, but not necessarily in the RCN. Something like 60% stay in the RCN, which is not awful. I have questions like- do the more motivated folks at CFRCs self select NEP as a quicker way...

It is also a fine way of increasing post-OFP attrition as middle managers are driven to alcoholism trying to document miscreants; sort out their basic character flaws; and spend years trying to release them…

NEP stands for Naval Experience Program. It is, by definition, not a Military Occupation. Anyone on NEP has 1 year to select a trade. If they don’t, by mutual agreement they are released after 1 year. It is not the primary method of recruiting for the RCN, with a throughput of only about...

Artificially inflating your throughput is a key element in making it look like one has effective training (despite the wreckage you create downstream in operational units as they now have to deal with the individuals who are unsuited to military life that they let through…) But…Topline numbers...

Dundurn…

Thanks. Keep in mind these are just my opinions. Others have equally valid opinions.

Yes, that is my understanding. Since the MPs need to carry with a round chambered, they need to do holster drills that way, too. I guess.

Trump was not a particular concern for as it related to either Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre. I did not believe the PP=Trump junior hype then and I believe we would be in much the same spot vis the US regardless of a Liberal or Conservative Govt. I generally like where Carney is going with...

That is the other way- he gets flag rank as a result of the last movie. But how he still flies (logically) is beyond me. Just as long as Jennifer Connelly comes back, I am good…

There is a real risk of pushing this one sequel, too far. I would think that the only way to pull this off is to have Pete Mitchell (Maverick) retired from the USN and working as a contractor, somehow, to save the world.

That does not include me. I have always tried to treat you with respect, even though I sometimes disagree with your opinions. Lower your elbows and drop the ad hominem.