An "interesting" Few Years
Posted: 21 Jul 2023, 10:05
Hello all,
Many of you followed my journey whilst I was training towards my CPL having left the police, and this came to a fairly blunt end as 3 days after getting my CPL ME/IR in my hot little hand, the covid lockdowns started. Obviously this made any chance of employment impossible, despite my best efforts, and I found myself unemployed, and, I'll be honest, rather panicky!
I was previously West Yorkshire, but North Yorkshire Police advertised for rejoiners direct back to Traffic, so I took this, starting in the following November. I was allowed to keep all my service levels and qualifications and fortunately within a year was promoted to Sergeant and got my own traffic team. I'm now driving a desk as the Staff Officer to the Deputy Chief Constable, and acting up as Inspector for York when they need cover. (Stay away from York!)
I went off flight sims, couldn't ge myslef motovted to get back into it until recently and remembered my old mates back here. I sorted myself with MSFS got the 146 and away I went.
I missed you lot, and I'm glad to be back on the forums and in the air for the VA when time allows (I still live in West so its a 1:20 commute each way to NY HQ) and I've got command of my old Air Cadet Squadron again so time is short but it's all worth it.
Glad to see the old names again, and some fresh ones.
Thanks for having me back.
Paul
Many of you followed my journey whilst I was training towards my CPL having left the police, and this came to a fairly blunt end as 3 days after getting my CPL ME/IR in my hot little hand, the covid lockdowns started. Obviously this made any chance of employment impossible, despite my best efforts, and I found myself unemployed, and, I'll be honest, rather panicky!
I was previously West Yorkshire, but North Yorkshire Police advertised for rejoiners direct back to Traffic, so I took this, starting in the following November. I was allowed to keep all my service levels and qualifications and fortunately within a year was promoted to Sergeant and got my own traffic team. I'm now driving a desk as the Staff Officer to the Deputy Chief Constable, and acting up as Inspector for York when they need cover. (Stay away from York!)
I went off flight sims, couldn't ge myslef motovted to get back into it until recently and remembered my old mates back here. I sorted myself with MSFS got the 146 and away I went.
I missed you lot, and I'm glad to be back on the forums and in the air for the VA when time allows (I still live in West so its a 1:20 commute each way to NY HQ) and I've got command of my old Air Cadet Squadron again so time is short but it's all worth it.
Glad to see the old names again, and some fresh ones.
Thanks for having me back.
Paul