Groundcrew QRA shift scheduling
A couple of old sweats (yours truly being one), who served on the Flight Line Sqdn. at Waddington during the mid-sixties, are having trouble recalling how the shift system worked when we were detailed to be on QRA. We remember that our tour on QRA was for a certain period of time; 1 week? or 2 weeks? not sure which. Also, that we were confined to the QRA site (Alpha dispersal) for the duration of our shift, (except for meals, when one person from each crew was released for the meal at the airmens mess), but we can't recall if a shift was for a 24 hour period followed by a 24 hour stand-down, or was it 2 days on and 2 days off? We do remember having to be there over a weekend, but not how that tied in with other days of the week. Does anyone from that era remember? If so, I would appreciate your input.
Last edited by Waddo Liney; 9th Jul 2018 at 00:22.
Reason: Clarified some issues and cleaned up the grammar.