Originally Posted by
popeye107
Why not look externally for people to run Stations? Half the idiotic decisions made by Gp Capt rank could be avoided by someone with business sense and acumen. An engineer, aircrew or logistics senior rank has no more idea on how to run a Station than an area manager for Tesco or Wilco.. in fact they have more of a proven record than any SO to run a budget and keep things efficient and managed at the correct level.
At times the RAF seem to take management as an experiment for the ****test idea. Note I cannot use the word leadership, because it’s seemingly a conceptual idea so far.
Oh great, outsource it some nameless face brought in from industry for profit? That’s worked really well for things like “Pay as you Starve” or “Defence Housing Executive” hasn’t it. The best thing about using your own people is that they are invested in the problems - it is likely affecting people they have known for years, and so they really care about the outcomes. Some of the best COs and Stn Cdrs I have ever had knew the majority of the people on their station as they had all progressed together over the years. Parachute someone in to manage it will lead to a similar disaster to any of our current outsourced services.
No Thank You...