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Changing PT Standards (again!)
13 years ago
So once again we find ourselves on the cusp of another ANOTHER change in how the Air Force conducts its PT Testing.
As of 1 April, the Civilian PT Testers will be gone. A short lived experiment that unsurprisingly failed.
We'll go back to military testing military, At least 1 observer per 12 testers and it has to be someone outside of your unit.
This is where the lines get rather hazy for me... or maybe I'm just a bit more set in how things should operate than most... Granted under the old (and soon to be new) system, military testing military probably led to the fudging of some numbers in order to get your buddy points. It'd be dumb to say it didn't happen. But it wasn't the norm or even that common of a problem from my experience. I tested numerous times under the old system with co-workers or guys from the squadron doing the counting and it was all by the books. Integrity First, right?
So putting the stipulations of other units having to test each other, SNCOs involved, etc... begs the question of the Air Force not trusting its own people to get the job done. They are in essence doing away with the notion of Integrity by flat out insinuating a lack of trust.
now... this is just my opinion on one small portion of the new system.
Anyone got any other thoughts/concerns about going back to Military over Civilian testers? Any negative experiences on either side of the coin (if you've been in long enough to have had both)?
~The Management
As of 1 April, the Civilian PT Testers will be gone. A short lived experiment that unsurprisingly failed.
We'll go back to military testing military, At least 1 observer per 12 testers and it has to be someone outside of your unit.
This is where the lines get rather hazy for me... or maybe I'm just a bit more set in how things should operate than most... Granted under the old (and soon to be new) system, military testing military probably led to the fudging of some numbers in order to get your buddy points. It'd be dumb to say it didn't happen. But it wasn't the norm or even that common of a problem from my experience. I tested numerous times under the old system with co-workers or guys from the squadron doing the counting and it was all by the books. Integrity First, right?
So putting the stipulations of other units having to test each other, SNCOs involved, etc... begs the question of the Air Force not trusting its own people to get the job done. They are in essence doing away with the notion of Integrity by flat out insinuating a lack of trust.
now... this is just my opinion on one small portion of the new system.
Anyone got any other thoughts/concerns about going back to Military over Civilian testers? Any negative experiences on either side of the coin (if you've been in long enough to have had both)?
~The Management
I know this because I was in the Legal Office 2005-2010. We had NCOs in the Legal Office breaking the law & the SJA turned a blind eye to it because he couldn't allow allow the "integrity" of the office to be in question. A female NCO was promoted to NCOIC of Military Justice five weeks after he learned that she'd sent porn over government email. If that kind of thing can happen in the epicenter for base discipline, how much less can PT monitors fudge the numbers for their buddies?
I mean... I'm all about going to bat for my troops and not throwing them under the bus. But I also make them aware that they are adults and are responsible for their own actions. Top cover can be provided but at the end of the day, their decisions are their decisions. Numbers wont be fudged or corners cut. At least that is how I! see it.
But like I said, my opinion is but a small one. I don't give two shits in the long run who is scoring my PT tests because I'm in no danger of NOT passing. However, I know for a fact that some view this change as a slap in the face to our integrity as a whole. And I'd never fudge numbers. I don't want Fat Bodies in my Air Force. :P