Originally Posted by
The B Word
There is, of course, a link to this Air Safety sideline and the subject of this thread. I do believe that the current CAS has neither been a Station Commander (or Commander Air Wing) as the Delivery Duty Holder (DDH), nor an AIr Officer Commanding (AOC) as the Operating Duty Holder (ODH), so as the Chief he is now the Senior Duty Holder (SDH) does that mean he has the required experience to be the SDH? Does it show and has that influenced other decisions, such as the drive to push Aircrew out of the senior command positions that we have seen under his tenure?
RA1020 is the bible on such matters:
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...-organisations
So, if you have not held the responsibility of the DDH and ODH, how effectively can you manage and appoint those under you as SDH if you have never experienced those levels of responsibility? Open question…
where is the intrinsic link between each level? Does it exist in the civilian flight safety community? Does Michael O’Leary have the “experience” to be an SDH?
edit - it would helpful if you then read RA1022, detailing the responsibilities of an SDH, ODH and DDH to appoint a SQEP Senior Operator to advise them.
in the case of the SDH, the ODH may be the SO, or the function maybe discharged by an individual qualified IAW Table 1 of the RA.
https://assets.publishing.service.go...22_Issue_5.pdf