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besilarius

October 14, 2015, 06:53:29 AM
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mirth

#1
October 14, 2015, 09:09:34 AM
The should just go back to press gangs.
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Sir Slash

#2
October 14, 2015, 10:10:15 AM
Thatcher is doing backflips in her grave.
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LongBlade

#3
October 14, 2015, 11:04:04 AM
Wouldn't the English-speaking colonies be a better source? Less language barrier.
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mirth

#4
October 14, 2015, 11:12:00 AM
I'm unclear as to why they can't actually recruit within the UK. Particularly when the RN probably has the lowest level of combatant vessels in it's history.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

LongBlade

#5
October 14, 2015, 11:17:25 AM
Yeah, Bes' article didn't give me a solid reason as to why they're struggling. It almost sounded like budgetary issues, but I can't see how recruiting the French would help.

Maybe it's a shortage of rum, sodomy, and lashes?
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Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

mirth

#6
October 14, 2015, 11:19:50 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on October 14, 2015, 11:17:25 AM
Maybe it's a shortage of rum, sodomy, and lashes?

Well they're not going to get many French then either.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

undercovergeek

#7
October 14, 2015, 11:21:16 AM
Quote from: mirth on October 14, 2015, 11:19:50 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on October 14, 2015, 11:17:25 AM
Maybe it's a shortage of rum, sodomy, and lashes?

Well they're not going to get many French then either.

we were relying on Star to head up the recruitment drive - guess thats out of the frikking window  ::)

Centurion40

#8
October 14, 2015, 11:58:26 AM
Quote from: mirth on October 14, 2015, 11:12:00 AM
I'm unclear as to why they can't actually recruit within the UK. Particularly when the RN probably has the lowest level of combatant vessels in it's history.

I suspect, if actually true, that it is a combination of factors.  Perhaps the staffing end of the RN didn't get its needed numbers communicated to the recruiting side of the RN.  Or the RN was forced to accept lower numbers because of the overall budget, so the staffing numbers were denied.  Combine that with higher academic recruiting standards and lower birth rates, and voilà, the perfect storm!
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Gusington

#9
October 14, 2015, 11:59:26 AM
SACRE BLEU!!!
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mirth

#10
October 14, 2015, 12:04:25 PM
Apparently they're having a major problem finding engineers and not just for the RN.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/558112/Royal-Navy-Recruit-Overseas-Skills-Shortage

QuoteAccording to Engineering UK, Britain needs to recruit 1.8 million engineers by 2022 in order just to "stand still".  However, of the 600,000 16-year-olds currently taking both Maths and Science at GSCE level every year, only 7,000 actually become engineers after university.
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Gusington

#11
October 14, 2015, 12:06:09 PM
^We have that same exact problem over here in the US.
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Centurion40

#12
October 14, 2015, 12:27:14 PM
Quote from: Gusington on October 14, 2015, 12:06:09 PM
^We have that same exact problem over here in the US.

Yeah, it is everywhere.  Usually, when we get engineers, they're the ones that graduated with a D+ or C- average.  The good ones get good paying jobs where they don't have to march or leave their families for months at a time.

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Gusington

#13
October 14, 2015, 12:28:17 PM
India and China don't have a problem getting engineers.
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Centurion40

#14
October 14, 2015, 12:45:01 PM
Quote from: Gusington on October 14, 2015, 12:28:17 PM
India and China don't have a problem getting engineers.

And we steal half of them away!

Seriously, in those countries you can beat math into kids.  In the west, one can't beat kids.
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