Originally Posted by CC_TA

RAF recently shit canned medals with pins and opted for Velcro after one of their mongoloid Health and Safety twats completed a risk assessment deeming medals on pins a possible danger to the wearer.

Please, please tell me you're taking the piss!

Originally Posted by Legs

Please, please tell me you're taking the piss!

Of course I am taking the piss!
My mate started his basic a couple of weeks ago and has a lass who is ex-RAF Reserve type and she's had to lob here jacket into the tailors for velcro - she's had to re-mount her medals too! Fuckin mental!!!

Surely it would be better to use a strip of black nasty. The up side is it would improve te f*cking surplus blanket excuse for a uniform that the civilians in blue wear

Originally Posted by CC_TA

RAF recently shit canned medals with pins and opted for Velcro after one of their mongoloid Health and Safety twats completed a risk assessment deeming medals on pins a possible danger to the wearer.

If this is true, I really do despair. What's next how to safely sew? No needle handling until you've got a Class one in needle use followed up with practicals? FFS

Originally Posted by Mikal

If this is true, I really do despair. What's next how to safely sew? No needle handling until you've got a Class one in needle use followed up with practicals? FFS

Here we go for another round - let see who we catch today!
RAF Survival Equipment Fitters (Squippers) Class 1 are actually the only ones allowed to operate military sewing machines in the RAF. There is actually an equipment course for this.

O FFS velcro is this a wah or what, theres a hook you sew onto your uniform medal pin hooks onto it after ceremomy take off hook and attach as normal so fucking simple and easier for the awarding officer

Velcro? What is going on? Do they think this is the yanks or some mongaloidal third world country?