If trustee 1 thinks that a voluntary O/T bank is the saviour of H/M Sydney then its time to put him in a straight jacket and put in the wagon. If the state of heavy is so dire then a compulsary O/T bank would have been pushed wouldn't it. They wont sell us at the moment as we are too inefficient apparently however our recent presentation from management congratulted us for a great effort in A/C production,
and quality through both FAA and QRSM audits.
Is heavy on a knife edge someone asked? Not in Sydney came the reply. An O/t bank would help but wouldn't make all that much difference.
Also consider that H/M is also made up of AMEs , Sheeties, fitting shop, fabric, utilities, gse etc and none of these sections have an O/T bank. The LAMES are a minority