1/ We need managers who understand our business, and will speak up when decisions are made that have negative impacts.
2/ Sack all the lighthouse group.
3/ Bring the planners back into the sections. We have lost continuity with them all. They can no longer accurately account for manpower or workload, and are not as easily available when extra manpower needs to be organised.
4/ Kill the precinct and keep specialised staff in the relevant sections. It is pointless sending a base Avionics guy (for example) to transit an aircraft at the domestics. They are not experienced to do this. Management just don't get this because they are not engineers. If we have Licence issues then train more people rather than trying to plug 15 holes with 10 fingers.
5/ Sort out this EASA training crap so that Avionics guys can continue to exercise their expertise, and Eng A/F, in the relevant categories and ATA chapters. The current rules are a cost-cutting farce and destroys what made our business so successful and safe.
6/ Rebuild morale and remuneration or pretty soon their will be no-one left here.
7/ A shake-up of our reporting system. Form 500's and Cross reports are usually sent back to the same dept for investigation that caused the quality lapse.
8/ Re-introduce CAR214 training. I can't remember the last read & sign or class room training for a difference I have seen on an aircraft.
These are just a few ideas that immediately come to mind.