The point in my last post was that one man, OC Eng, went bleating to the Staish about servicing schedules and shortage of staff regarding Mk10 suits and the Staish supported him, dis-regarding my survival needs, and without consultation of his stn aircrew.
Later, we inherited another 'wonderful' OC Eng who, in a short 2 year tour, convinced 18 Gp we had to have a North and South line. Yep, £2m squids later we had a new North line and a "portable hangar", confusion, ground crew division, plus a pissed off MT, Catering. Refuelling, Armouring and aircrew fraternity who were saying "what the f*cks going on"
He left on promotion and we went back to 1 Line
As a Captain , I witnessed an OC Eng or his deputies, who went in to Eng Coo-ord and put all the U/S tabs in their pocket prior to morning prayers and put them back on the board afterwards
It gets better - Remember AR5? - £750,000 shed for storage - never used - another story
Even More Better - "The progression of lies"
A tale of Nimrod Serviceability since 1972 - I have the details
Love Many, Trust a Few, Always paddle your own canoe