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Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:46 pm
by Bunny
Hi OTU,
I thought we had some new chaps currently in OTU AF's ?

Have the names all been posted here ? I cant seem to find Fritz on here ? My apologies if he is

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:16 pm
by Bunny
Ah, welcome to TP Fritz, I hope you pass AF4 soon and join us on Ops.

S! Bunster

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:04 am
by Fritz
Fritz here - just one more OTU flight to go. Thanks Bunny - looking forward to flying with all of you.

Just an FYI... I didn't realize that my Steam ID and my IL2 BoX ID are actually different. Changing my Steam ID to Fritz did nothing, so you guys were seeing me as "casimir06" while in practice flights. My apologies... that's been fixed - I should now show up as TP_Fritz.

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:07 am
by Tom
Superb. Get that last one done then you’re operational.

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:12 pm
by Bunny
Tom, Merlin,
Isn't it normal TP practice to post all the new chaps names into the OTU room so we can welcome them correctly ?

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:36 pm
by Tom
Historically it was after AF1 but we had quite a few dropouts so I think we delay it slightly. Merlin will correct me if I'm wrong on this.

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:40 am
by Merlin
As Tom has said, we have decided its better to introduce new recruits on comms and congratulate them on finishing OTU in the forum.

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:55 am
by Bunny
Ah ok.
Cheers Merlin.

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:06 pm
by Tom
Just a follow up on this.

We tend not to make a big hoo-hah about new chaps because whilst we absolutely make them welcome them on comms, if they don't bother continuing, or are not quite up to scratch, or simply won't fit, we'd rather they had they impact of someone who was simply moved on from the squadron they were assigned to i.e. none at all. If it wasn't approached that way it'd cause a lot of grief and we all like a quiet life.

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:37 pm
by Sparky
Tom wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:06 pm ...we all like a quiet life.
Yes, Tom's lazy inverted low high-speed pass and roll through the landing pattern full of crippled, smoking aircraft trying to land with bits falling off.

The quiet life. :Peace