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You could also ask for a military discount to bring the cost of the boots down to the allowance.
ballz said:From my reading of it, $340 + applicable sales tax.... so if you're in a place like Ontario with 15% HST it's going to be $391... if you buy a pair of $347 boots ($399.05 after 15% HST) you're paying $8.05 while the CAF foots the other $391.
Jarnhamar said:And Conservative politicians will scream about how bad it is the troops have to pay $8.05 for boots under the Liberals ;D
SeaKingTacco said:I will happily pay $8.05 out of my own pocket for a good set of boots...
SeaKingTacco said:I will happily pay $8.05 out of my own pocket for a good set of boots...
I can see how you'd need high-speed boots to walk from the taxi into your 4-star hotel room, after a gruelling day of sitting on your butt flying in circles for a few hours. :nod:Dimsum said:That scheme isn't for aircrew though
Jarnhamar said:And Conservative politicians will scream about how bad it is the troops have to pay $8.05 for boots under the Liberals ;D
Journeyman said:I can see how you'd need high-speed boots to walk from the taxi into your 4-star hotel room, after a gruelling day of sitting on your butt flying in circles for a few hours. :nod:
:stirpot:
Don’t forget freezing into hockey pucks to provide zero traction while simultaneously robbing your feet of any heat through the mandatory steel toe.SeaKingTacco said:Actually, I would like a set of boots that won't:
A) cripple me from being on my feet on the steel deck of a ship 14-16 hours per day
B) send me straight to the bottom of the ocean, should I have the misfortune to ever have to do a water egress from a helicopter
PuckChaser said:I don't know what you zoomies are complaining about, the RCAF solved all your kit issues with leather jackets and pearl grey ranks.
PuckChaser said:I don't know what you zoomies are complaining about, the RCAF solved all your kit issues with leather jackets and pearl grey ranks.
daftandbarmy said:As awesome as this is, it's still bizarre and sad that we can't issue good boots to our troops, which is a tool about as basic and critical as any of the others we do our work with.
garb811 said:Call me jaded but...
People think the same organization that has spent what, 15+ years? trying to get a boot that will work via the procurement process is suddenly going to be able to magically come up with a magical pre-approved list with boots that work? If they could do that, we'd already be wearing these magical boots. Further to that, I'd be shocked in Logistik agreed to provide more than 2 or 3 different variants via their site so once Phase 3 kicks in, I suspect a lot of people are going to be back to paying for their own boots again.
If we are lucky, we are going to end up in a PLD situation; stuck in limbo in phase 1.