There are many units around where the Staish is a bluntie (normally admin wahhah) and they don't seem any better. The CO is a figurehead for the unit and if all the respective managers/workers pull in the right direction it is a very successfull concept. The problem I see for the modern RAF is it is often very difficult to see which direction we should all be pulling and it is often seen that an opposing 'team' is pulling in the other direction. Just when you think you know where you are going they lean up your organisation and tell you its your fault you can't produce twice the widgets with half the manpower for half the cost in half the time.... Whinge over
PA