As one of HMQ's fliers what scares me most is the dilution of excellance we have so far come to expect, and recieve, from our "type" dedicated groundcrew. Now that we are mixing our "J" and "K" bretheren how long will it be before we start asking them to do the "odd job" they are not really qualified to do? How long before some poor b@astard has a serious ground, or even worse AIR, incident!
In my techie days you did a "q" course to work on a specific type and now as aircrew, with a few notable exceptions, you qualify on ONE type and thats all you operate! Where is the sense in any of this mix and match madness.
Scary times for someone of my ripe old age
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced