Prince William to leave armed forces

Cosimo · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:08

Big deal. He's done seven years and we wouldn't want our future king to die before his time.

Good luck to him in whatever he does next.

dowie · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:09

Glaucus said:
And another page says Short service commision for RAF is 3-12 years but changes from department to department.

3 years - not for pilots usually - this is an exception really

wingman · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:09

Pointless post is mostly pointless.

gettothechopper · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:09

no doubt it was the helicopter envy that finally pushed him out

sea king just not as cool as an apache lol

tom_e · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:10

Xordium said:
Anything to say about all the chaps that join and save BA and the other airlines a fortune in training?

No because they wouldn't be allowed out early.

Nexus · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:21

territt said:
So £100,000s of flight training and he leaves less than 3 years of being a helicopter pilot, how on earth can they justify spending that?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24065166

What do you value a life at though?

I'm sure all those people who were rescued by him will see it very differently.

Xordium · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:26

tom_e said:
No because they wouldn't be allowed out early.

Shall we chain them to their jobs then. The military at officer level is very often seen and used as a stepping stone towards something else. This is hardly new.

Do you have a problem with doctors, nurses and teachers leaving after a few years too? Ever thought that the good that he did in his years already far outweighed the cost of training?

GinG · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:33

pooley said:
All the royal family are

Royal family actualy make the country a profit after their expenses...just think about all the tourism they bring to the country!

dirtychinchilla · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:37

Nexus said:
What do you value a life at though?

I'm sure all those people who were rescued by him will see it very differently.

Exactly. Every life he said was priceless.

gizmoy2k · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:40

Meh this is just the beginning of him being King in the next 5 or so years.

The queen will bow out early to be with phil

Charles isnt wanted or liked by most and the Diana lovers would frown on Camilla being anywhere near it

If the Royal PR machine has any clue what so ever they put in William + Hot Wife + New Prince straight in there to keep everyone happy, He could be king for 50 years. The nation will rejoice!!!

Amp34 · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:42

Xordium said:
Anything to say about all the chaps that join and save BA and the other airlines a fortune in training?

He's just become a father. Kind of makes sense to me as someone who is a father and was in the forces. It's not exactly a family friendly job.

Good for him. He's already done 10 times more than the doubters on this forum.

I think the main reason is it was intefering with the "family business".

Basically with Prince Phillip and the Queen supposed to be winding down official engagements (rightly so!) he has to spend more time doing engagements. AFAIK he wasn't too keen on leaving but basically had to to do his "duty".

DJMK4 · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:43

Just because he is leaving the armed forces, doesn't mean he is not going to use the helicopter training for something else in his life, weather it be for a job, or for his own personal use.

nick.lidgett · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:45

I cant believe you guys are making such a big fuss about it, he is part of the Royal Family and our future King, he had some money spent on him to turn him into a helicopter pilot and now he is leaving after 7 years to concerntrate on his royal duties and charity work.... where is the problem here?
If you want to make this into a "waste of public money" thread may i suggest you start with the BBC instead?

dirtychinchilla · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:47

I don't think it is that kind of thread tbh

tom_e · 12 Sep 2013 at 12:48

nick.lidgett said:
I cant believe you guys are making such a big fuss about it, he is part of the Royal Family and our future King, he had some money spent on him to turn him into a helicopter pilot and now he is leaving after 7 years to concerntrate on his royal duties and charity work.... where is the problem here?
If you want to make this into a "waste of public money" thread may i suggest you start with the BBC instead?

The only person in this thread who's actually said it was a waste of money is the OP.

Edrof · 12 Sep 2013 at 13:19

pooley said:
All the royal family are

Not all, but perhaps some.

Castiel · 12 Sep 2013 at 13:24

Flt Lt Wales:

1,301 total flying hours with the RAF
3 years in search and rescue
156 operations
149 people rescued

Seems worth the money to me.

territt · 12 Sep 2013 at 13:25

nick.lidgett said:
I cant believe you guys are making such a big fuss about it, he is part of the Royal Family and our future King, he had some money spent on him to turn him into a helicopter pilot and now he is leaving after 7 years to concerntrate on his royal duties and charity work.... where is the problem here?
If you want to make this into a "waste of public money" thread may i suggest you start with the BBC instead?

his leaving after less then 3 years since flight training, that's why its such a waste of public money...

dirtychinchilla · 12 Sep 2013 at 13:26

Castiel said:
Flt Lt Wales:

1,301 total flying hours with the RAF
3 years in search and rescue
156 operations
149 people rescued

Seems worth the money to me.

Awesome! He's gone way up in my estimation.

Hyburnate · 12 Sep 2013 at 13:26

wingman said:
Because he's the future King?

He could be but it's highly unlikely.

He's just another one to add to the unemployed list.