Originally Posted by
POBJOY
Amazing that the Air Cadet gliding operation has been thoroughly shafted by its own internal mismanagement, and effectively had its machines given to another organisation (plus a 750,000 golden hello), who are able to sell most of these machines to fund their own operation. Hardly a model of prudent public spending or the tech ability of the Air Cadets 'parent organisation', not to mention the appalling ongoing spend on equipment, and underutilised infrastructure. CV19 aside the organisation has been dealt a very poor deal by the very people who should have been leading it. Of course that was the problem NO ONE WAS LEADING IT who knew anything about what was needed, or even worse what they were loosing. Once they abandoned their USP of simple hands on flying the plot was lost, and all the twatter, facelessbook, celebs,and glossy brochures counted for nothing. It is a great shame that the organisation was not being led or organised by the same volunteer calibre that had its hands on gliding operation as a World Class flying training organisation available to thousands.
The problem is that the ACO has been led for the last ten years plus by admin sec branch officers not aviators or engineers. Then their is the flying ‘management’ within the organisation that has been poor at everything but empire building. Then add in the mendacity and outright moral corruption of some who could not lie straight in bed, you have a failing organisation.