trehorn said:
In MY opinion,
1. A small percentage of the RNR are what can be called competant in their allocated branch.
2. A very large percentage of the RNR are really keen to (AND REALLY NEED TO) learn more to become more competant in their allocated branch.
3. A small percentage of the RNR think that they are alot more competant than they actually are and assume that every one else in the RNR either is or should be.
I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHICH BRACKET YOU PUT YOURSELVES IN.
But i get quite annoyed by people rabbiting on about how competetnt the RNR are when from personal experience i can say there is only a small percentage who can honestly say that.
Well Mazza, would you rather we lie about what actually happens in the RNR. The above comments are critsism of individuals who get the required ticks in the boxes without actually doing anything. How often do we hear the term "life in a blue suit", which is basically another way of saying TOUGH!!.
Just for the record i would put myself in bracket No 2. Keen as mustered, attend plenty of weekends but still dont feel competant in the job.
I remember being told by a 2 1/2 at the recruiting night "in six months time you could be flying over Gibraltar in a helicopter". Wheres the honesty in that bearing in mind your clearance normally takes six months to come through!
You may recall it was i who started a thread called STOP COMPLAINING, after which i came to the conclusion that we are entitled to complain considering the effort we put in.
Get your head out of the clouds and look around you. attend a training weekend and then tell me how competant you think the RNR are.
Thats not to say that competance could be achieved by most individuals if any length of time was spent doing the job in hand.