Air Experience Flying

I had a telephone call from Jim tonight regarding our allocation of flying places for August. We have 16 places (a minibus full) but unfortunately, rather than a daytime slot, we have a 5pm to 8pm slot on Wednesday 8th August. This is due to AEF having a commitment to fly Summer Camp cadets during the day. A little bit annoying considering we have a 3 hour drive to get to Kinloss and a 3 hour drive home. However, if we arrive early they will give us priority so that we can get away early too - how kind!

Now comes the difficult part - who gets to go flying? How do you allocated 16 places to 25 cadets? What criteria do you use:

• Those who have never been flying before
• Best attendance
• Best behaviour
• Those who have missed out on other activities
• A combination of the above (how complicated)
• Eenie, meanie, miny, mo!

It is not easy and I hate making these decisions because ultimately, not everyone is going to get a place and, to be honest, they all deserve a place. Oh the joys of being a Squadron Commander.