Originally Posted by
Tombstone
Your post proves the point that we are overstretching. The groundcrews are indeed working at maximum capacity, something which is only sustainable short term.
I'll tell you this for free about the Nimrods in the Gulf, sunshine.....We've been running with minimal manning levels out there since Gulf War I, that's 7 techies per jet. Seriously. 1 rigger, 1 sootie, 1 leccie, 1 armourer, 2 fairies, and a crew chief. We've been doing it for nigh on 6 years now. And they wonder about the PVR rate?
When we see, for example, the Nimrod-that-doesn't-exist Squadron, they bring one jet, and 50+ people, for a weeks deployment, and spares by the container-load.