It is difficult to see how Flt Cdr's/Line Managers can deal with the sort of stresses that I see on a day to day basis. Working in the DLO (yep, someone has to) I see project teams that have been cut to the bone, and in many cases, beyond that. Some of these are massive programmes, the staff know that they are not doing all that should be done to support the procurement, not through choice, but simply because there are not enough hours in their day. Oh yes, and some chimp has seen fit to Lean the IPT. but they display the usual can-do attitude, unfortunately the system is almost broken. We seem to be scraping by and doing the bare minimum and this will undoubtedly cost us dearly in the long run. So what is a SO3/SO2 or even SO1 to do. The problems have been caused and exacerbated way above their payscales.
Safety_Helmut