DV,
...and your
12th to 18th March. 21 planned, 11 achieved
19th to 25th March. 18 planned, 9 achieved
26th March to 1st April. 21 planned, 6 achieved
2nd to 8th April. 16 planned, 11 achieved.
says more about over ambitious planning with extremely scarce resourses than safe/unsafe.
IIRC, your stats are correct ref the max available at 3, but I also recall the
average availability over the period, - and it wasn't 2.
Can I refer you to an earlier post;
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showpos...8&postcount=28
Result; 3 sorties planned (from 1 A/c), 0 achieved.
OK, perhaps a little artistic licence (but not much), point is, it was nothing to do with safe/unsafe
davejb
Ah, Bahama Mama, XV229 - remember it well.
Difference between then and now? (Apart from more Ac, more crews, greater experience, better dets, more support, better supply etc.) - no internet.
