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Bindair Dundat · 06-02-2019, 07:11 PM

I'm no expert either...just so you guys know.

I did however spend about 30% of my (so far) life involved in the community which was CAF "fast air". Due to this synchronicity with the time period (late 60's-mid-80's) we are discussing, I do know an awful lot about how the guys who were flying these machines thought and felt at the time.

This was a really interesting period in Canadian Politics and this had a huge effect on the day to day lives of the guys on the "pointy end" of the stick.

Much like today's situation, where the Air Force is being given operational goals/assignments but not getting the proper tools to do the job.

Just like morale crashed in the early 70's in 1 CAG (due to a mission our stock of aircraft could not meet), morale has been crashing in Canadian Fast Air for the past five years as well (also due to a mission set that our stock of aircraft can not currently meet).

Tempus Fugit...but it all remains (basically) the same.

As a taxpayer (one of the few admittedly) who actually understands this?
Pissed off is an understatement.

But I (yet again) digress.

06-02-2019, 07:11 PM	#1181
Bindair Dundat Scoring Winger Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: St. Albert Exp:	I'm no expert either...just so you guys know. I did however spend about 30% of my (so far) life involved in the community which was CAF "fast air". Due to this synchronicity with the time period (late 60's-mid-80's) we are discussing, I do know an awful lot about how the guys who were flying these machines thought and felt at the time. This was a really interesting period in Canadian Politics and this had a huge effect on the day to day lives of the guys on the "pointy end" of the stick. Much like today's situation, where the Air Force is being given operational goals/assignments but not getting the proper tools to do the job. Just like morale crashed in the early 70's in 1 CAG (due to a mission our stock of aircraft could not meet), morale has been crashing in Canadian Fast Air for the past five years as well (also due to a mission set that our stock of aircraft can not currently meet). Tempus Fugit...but it all remains (basically) the same. As a taxpayer (one of the few admittedly) who actually understands this? Pissed off is an understatement. But I (yet again) digress.