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I dont know how many crews there are on a Herc Sqn nowadays. In 68 we had 24 crews on 24Sqn in 2 flights of 12. I think we were the only transport sqn that flew in constituted crews rather than operating as a pool of trades. Mind you with sickness/courses/pregnant wives etc the planning board soon fragmented and looked much like any other sqn - but at least they tried, maybe it was because the boss was ex maritime.
With the amount of 'dead time' spent down the route, especially the Changi slip where one was away for 10 days in which you only flew 4 times, you needed a lot of crews.
In 67, ISTR 242 OCU was operating with 2 courses on the flying phase and 2 courses in groundschool at any one time. The throughput was incredible. By the time I went back to the OCU in 69 they were down to 1 course on flights and 1 in groundschool. Ahhh Thorney Island - one of the best postings of all time
