Originally Posted by
Rigga
Many thanks Rigga, I knew all along that it wasn't really the name of a Boy Band, I was only joshing, no really I was! "Nice" wouldn't be quite the description I'd choose though, "utterly utterly useless" would be nearer the mark (for LEAN, not the precis). Indeed having read the sub-thread off the above, re Lyneham and OC ENG WG's OBE/promotion, the post from Purr Harder (ingenious these tags!) says it all :
"Well here we are almost 1 year down the line from the survey done for Simpler in Eng wing, and guess what the hangar is still cold, the tools are still inadequate, the infrastructure is still bad, communication is still poor and tools still do not match the job.. The tradesmen are not empowered or encouraged and to a man hate LEAN and everything it stands for. It has destroyed Eng Wing ( never mind we will just change the name to Forward Support Wing). We have the worse rate of S aircraft ever and the lowest morale I have ever seen. The guys are happier doing Gate guard or going to Basrah than working on HLS or FLECS. The LEAN Rapid Improvement Events are a total waste of time, the outcome is already decided by OC FSW (OBE). All the troops want to do is be able to fix aircraft 24/30 & 47/70 used to manage it. If this is spreading to the rest of the RAF God help us. Can some one in power please put a stop to this madness."
My initial suspicion that it was bean counter gobbledygook for cuts is still my best bet. Interesting that the only person (apart from Ms) who thinks otherwise would appear to be VecVecwhatever, says it all really!
