Good to see that the blunt wing at Brize have not changed their attitudes. Back in the late 90s, just when Desert Fox kicked off, the country's premier tanker squadron had to deploy 3 additional crews to Bahrain a week before Christmas and with 48 hours notice. Not many Christmases bu**ered up their then?
That was on top of the 2 crews doing QRA in MPA, the one crew already in Bahrain and the equivalent crews who were flying out between Christmas and New Year to do the dets over New Year. Who was providing SDO on 2 of the 3 bank holidays over the festive period? The same Sqn!!!!
IIRC Admin provided 1, Eng 1 and ATC 1 over the rest of the period from 23 Dec to 03 Jan. And OC Admin (she of the aforementioned "Flight Safety is nothing to do with Admin Wing" fame) had the gall to tell us that Christmas duties had to be shared equally amongst all station personnel. Nothing changes...... but perhaps we should link this topic to the "Why are people leaving in droves?" topic!!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of those who are on the varying forms of Q, SAR or Op Dets this Christmas.
Last edited by Roland Pulfrew; 20th Dec 2005 at 08:54.