Originally Posted by
reader8
To be clear, each airframe has an EA, a Senior Officer who holds an LOA to allow him or her to act as such. These aren't SNCO or JO failures. The EA role is still staffed by somebody who should be SQEP to act as such.
Sorry, I meant the guys at desk level who did the donkey work back in the day. I accept that the entire dept was the "EA (Engineering Authority)" IIRC ours was headed up by a SO1 (Wg Cdr) level who reported to the DD (a GC) by the time I left the first EA I was in, the Wg Cdr was in fact a Supply Branch officer. However, I recall going for guidance to one of my earlier Wg Cdrs (this time an Engineer) with a particularly 'difficult' issue, his response was, and I quote "oh, er, just keep all the balls in the air for a while, I am posted next month"
Clearly not SNCO/JO failures