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I could submit a claim but I'm pretty sure all I'd get is a Chief with a cheese grater and a bottle of rum.

They can't already take it out of leave?

I really hope this doesn't count if you have tattoos of a naval symbol.  :crybaby:

There ya go. You'd never get that in the private sector.

Private or public sector?

This doesn't have anything to do with the government getting a "grip on finances". It'll actually cost more to switch to a new system.

Still not "normal" in the private sector, not even in consulting where the largest barrier to entry is the "float" required for the gap between when they pay you, and when they get paid by the government.  The vacation days are within the employment standards, but not normal. Most employers...

I haven't heard of private employers doing this in years. Normally in private companies there's a cut-off about 2 or 3 days before payroll is processed. Changes made after that (expense reimbursements for example) are processed in the next payroll period. I think that just floating a trial...

Newer generations have variable-speed machinery, and can be more quiet than conventional boats. They're also quite handy if you're found and have to get out of Dodge really quickly.

There are calculations for hull life depending on how it's been used etc. However, that process has already been run for those boats, and that's how they came up with 2030. Remember Chicoutimi was laid down in 1983, and at that point she would have been planned to be disposed of somewhere...

Two...and one is crippled with a bad donk. It'll take a long time and lots of spares to make Windsor fully operational. Those spares will have to come from somewhere, and there weren't all that many submarine versions of that genset made. That sort of issue is going to be repeated a lot while we...

We wouldn't be on that list with or without SSK's. The RAN sorted out most of the technical problems fairly quickly. Their main issue is keeping crews in the middle of a mining boom, to the extent that retention bonuses are making some PO stokers better paid than the boats captains. As the...

That would indicate a need for upgrading all of the Auroras, not half of them. You can't do much with SSKs under the ice.

That indicates a utility for a navy, not necessarily submarines any more than there's a requirement for an aircraft carrier.

And Byers weighs in... http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/06/11/conservatives_should_scrap_submarine_fleet_or_buy_new_ones_thinktanks_say.html My opinion is that the file has been mismanaged. I don't think the government has an actual plan to replace the boats by their use-by date, and...

That's not good for the project. It completely removes any non-partisan fig leaves of cover for the project, which means it's all too easy for a future government to cancel it.

Pretty much. It's a trickle-charger. It lets you keep a charge in the battery without having to snort, but that's the only major difference. It doesn't help with conducting domestic routines and all the other noise-making issues associated with normal operations, or increase the very slow...

Instead of buying new ones? I think that's what is going to happen. I don't think the current funding is enough to replace the surface fleet one-for-one, and there definitely isn't enough to fund a new submarine purchase as well. Even if the funding became available it would probably make more...

AIP isn't all that useful, but if we buy the 216 we'll have to get it anyway. The Germans are unlikely to sell the boats without it.

Well....there are different strengths and weaknesses to every system. We mostly use very very old Mk 48 mod 4 fish with a handful of mod 7's. If you didn't want any chance of an Otto fuel leak, you'd probably want the German DM2A4. They're electric and relatively quiet but pretty slow. If you...