real cost of pulse
GR4 minor and minor star servicing , according to lean /pulse should take 80 days. the pulse line is set at 8x10 day cycles if you double shift ( days /nights on pulse one this helps). Said the the man . His facts where gathered through intense info gathering and suitably applied to the model as directed. Some of the key fact gathered where :- 1, The A/C will take approx 96 days to service. 2. We need 9 riggers per pulse ( double for pulse one). 3.The spares have to be in place along with the correct tooling and test equipment and GSE. get all this and all will be rosey said the worker bees
Reality.Manpower is made up of RAF and civis(exraf with pensions and redundancy money) and number approx five per team. Not one single A/C that has managed to pass through the hangar door after servicing on day 80. (On paper it has because of creative accounting by BAE who don't want to miss out on bonus's) Manpower is supplimented by ex RAF engineers of SNCO and above titles who haven't turned spanners in a while, well not since they became residents at the old folks home. NO A/c Has made it out in under 96 days. At present they have been told that they are 49 riggers down on the manpower requirement needed. Current A/C in the shed have been in there for 120 days plus and counting.
Reason are down to spares/manpower /unrealistic goals.
As for the pulse system there are 5 A/C currently in pulse 8 all scrapping after A/C spares/ manpower / GSE and test equipment.
Reaons.As the A/C pulsed they started to fall down due to emergent work. so the powers that be applied the non lean princible of cannabalisation when they could. Spares issue and robs created a back log of work ( the mantra of YOU CAN NOT STOP THE PULSE LINE had been applied to.) guess what happened. They (A/C) all arrive at pulse eight and wait for their turn to go to the top of the priority list for incomming spares.
Reality check now... All the A/C apart from pulse 1 are static....now...
When they ran out of real estate they stopped the pulse. but not for too long.
if you have scrambled egg on your cap or are a shareholder and belive the stats you are fed well, take no notice of this message because everything in the world is rosy and smells of fresh paint. The smoke and mirrors trick is alive and well......
I belive that there is a study on at the moment that suggest that the findings will reveal that the whole of the tonka fleet will run out of flying hour in 2 years... future is not looking too bright....
And to end... Core lean have never been anywhere near the place since it started pulsing to actualy see for themselves if there planning and core values still stand up.....
rant off...spelling mistakes due to intoxication ..appologise..