Rules Regulations and TRIVIA
More damage has been done to the Flying Organisation and its capability by breaking the continuity of operations and the consequent lack of experience being 'handed on' by those who were quite capable of operating in a safe manner.
Producing 'books' of regulations and a 'tick box' system does not actually increase capability but merely 'loads' the system with records that have little meaning in the real world. We do not need a 'blame culture' operation,but one based on real capability together with continuity of actual operations.
The organisation has been badly let down by the 'full time paid system' not the actual schools doing the work.The utter rubbish talked about stitching and late flights just goes to show how far removed from the real world the 'system' has gone.
The school system was based on CAPABILITY where a Cadet who was keen and capable could become a Staff Cadet. He then learnt his trade from the winch end and by the time he was a P2 could do all the jobs required in a capable manner.There is no substitute for this type of operation that was based on capable people operating in a controlled system,and it did not need mountains of paperwork because the system was capable to start with.
Strange how the full time supposedly 'very safe' system was the one that could not even keep a fleet of Gliders operational.
Now the system does not even have suitable capability at the top,but the schools always had it and it still works.