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Except that a civilian doesn't get to cash out the sick leave when they retire.  My boss is retiring in a couple of months, and his near 18 months of sick leave will magically go *poof* when he goes.  No cost.

Was this doctor an ENT?  If that's the case, then he's probably not the one to be doing a tinnitus assessment.  When I was in, the ENT at the base hospital referred me to an audiologist for a tinnitus assessment.  It's a specific battery of tests that would never normally be done as part of a...

Did you ask for a referral to an audiologist for a tinnitus assessment, meni0n?

No argument with what you've said.  My focus was on the mysterious $900M in savings that were supposed to have been realized...smoke and mirrors.

If I take a sick day, my work (and any that I missed while I was away) is waiting for me when I get back.  Nobody is doing it for me.  You can have it done fast, good or cheap - pick two.  More often than not, good takes the hit in order to get caught up. Prior to me being hired into the...

That's a pretty neat trick, considering we only earn 9.375 hours of sick time per month, or 15 days per year.  Try little to no cost - you've been listening to Tony "Gazebo" Clement a little too much.  The PBO says most departments don't backfill when someone is sick, therefore there's no...

The CF One card will not be replacing ID for serving members.  In fact, the cessation of the NDI 75 is meant to facilitate the issuing of ID to serving members.

I'm coming up on five years out of uniform now, and I still try to keep the sailors I support at the forefront of my mind in everything I do as a DND civvie now.  However, I do see some individuals who have lost sight of that.  One person in particular, who I have occasional dealings with...

I can't speak for other unions, but our leadership has indicated that it had better be a bloody big carrot before the solidarity pact gets broken.

Those numbers you quoted are accurate for the last union submission, but the latest TB submission still has the employer insisting that the sick leave/short term disability plan reside outside the collective agreement.  And the unions are just as adamant that sick leave/short term disability...

Sure, people are concerned about where the workers in that building are going to hang their hats if the building is out of commission for any period of time, but the really critical question that needs to be asked is:  When will the Tim Horton's Express be back in operation? /dark roast addict

I suggested to our boss that we 455 DLC dwellers can work from here for one week, and then the LStL residents can have our cubicles for a week.  It's the only fair way.  ;D

455 de la Carriere and LStL are not moving to the Carling campus.  Or at least it wasn't planned...

Not yet, as far as I know.  The shipyard on the west coast had to take care of a large upgrade to its facilities in order to be able to handle the JSS and other ships awarded.  I'm not sure if they're done that yet or not.

I did a little looking around, and the publicly-available product literature for the ESSM does describe a "surface mode".  A lot of the discussion online seems to describe that an ESSM target has to be illuminated by the ship's radar for mid-course guidance, and since you get a lot of...

Ah, but then you have to contend with the screaming voice after she's tried to get your attention three times...

A standard hearing test will not detect anything but hearing loss.  You need to ask them to refer you to an audiologist for a tinnitus assessment, which is much different than a simple hearing test.  I have tinnitus and only mild hearing loss when measured by the standard hearing test.  You have...

Well, I'll defer to your opinion as your experience is more recent than mine...but I can tell you that there is certainly the potential for things to get a lot busier in the CCR.  Imagine reverting to completely manual circuit setups.  We're hoping to avoid that, but I wouldn't bet money either way.

Even with just one on the bridge, and one in the CCR, you need 6 to stand 1 in 3.  Throw in one for SNC.  What do you do when TG Tactical and the VHF are both squawking at the same time?  Maybe throw in a little fleet manoeuvring? And down in the CCR...not sure how one person is going to do...

Until the first time your internet, DWAN, CSNI or any other network link craps the bed... And who are you going to get to configure radio equipment and circuits?