ZH875,
Good follow-up, I think you saved yourself from a bit of a flaming there.
Your line about a work to rule is, I believe, basically true. However, together with that, we're all fully aware that if a WtR in fact happened, anybody who made even the slightest, genuine, mistake, would invariably be professionally hung, drawn and quartered to bring the rest of the troops into line.
Quite frankly I'm glad I'm not part of the awful smell that seems to be emanating from Lyneham Eng Wg - although I fully expect to face the same upheaval at my unit. I empathise with Maintainers' thoughts, but for me they're tempered with the thought that OC Eng is top of the tree and as such is there to be shot at, a la OCA, OC Ops and CO's, if they're not perceived to be listening to the concerns of the troops on the ground. That's why they do the jobs they do - if they can't take full-bore criticism or at least answer it, don't take that sort of appointment.
Most of our fliers will already know this, but if your aircraft is delayed, it's because your techies aren't happy with it, not because they want to play games. It only takes one major screw-up in your unit to breach your trust in us, and once that's gone it's v.difficult to get it back, so we'd rather you were late. It won't get any better no matter what scheme someone dreams up, as we can all only do one job at a time, even if we're multi-skilled!
24/30/47/70, please bear with your techies, it's not their fault, make your noises at the CO in the mess. And remember what Lynehamwife told you about her husband.
LW, some good advice was proffered by PTG, worth acting on. And feel free to post here any time you like.
Merry Cristmas everyone, and I'll have one tonight for all of you who are away from your families.