why, yet again, does it take a newpapar article and a TV titbit to highlight what 99% of the forces already know?
It's the same as when they were paying the "simpler" consultants 100K a week (read one trick ponys who think the RAF is a Toyota factory
) to "Lean" (read completely F**K UP) the RAF's maintainance policy...... The upper management made an absolute hash of it, due to YET AGAIN failing to listen to the guys who do the job week in week out, and surprisingly actually know just a little bit about what they do and how to improve it..... How the "consultants" nonsence EVER even got considered is beyond me, and it has taken 3 years for a secret wiltshire airbase with turboprops to get even halfway back to a decent set-up, and we still suffer fallout of the mess that was made, due to not listening to the worker ants
I think that the management fail to see the problem as the forces in general have a very "can do" attitude, and will strive to do the best job possible whatever happens.
Also when we get big wig visitors, there is a noise and movements ban, and of course a mad workplace clean-up, so whenever a visit happens, the Pan is empty, it is silent, and you have a crew room full of people doing nothing, so obviously we have got too much manpower
It won't be long now before everyone looses interest, it is obvious that the wave of people leaving is only going to get worse, recruitment is down, and not looking likely to pick up anytime soon..... It unfortunatly of thier own doing, as our benefits and conditions of living and service have been constantly eroded, to the point where it just isn't worth the hassle anymore, civvys get better terms and conditions for doing the SAME job as blue suits, without the chance of getting shot at. I can only speak for the Engineering trades, but even in the short time I have been in the RAF, it is obvious that our skill base is being severley eroded by contracting out work, and dumbing down new recruits training.....
And yet, those in the Ivory towers will follow the traditional route, deny anything is wrong, say infact it is actually better than expected, and bury thier heads in the sand......
It needs sorting out, and soon