3rd Easter Course LOST (for ever)
Well here we are folks are on the anniversary of the biggest Aviation cock up (Air Cadets wise) in its entire history.
Another Easter has been frittered away with no gliding courses and nothing on the horizon to suggest a swift end to this debacle.
Why the excessive timescale for action ! Because the people that got us into this mess are still there, and by definition are as clueless to deliver a solution as they were getting us into the situation to start with.
Let us be clear about this;the fleet was not falling apart or having serviceability
problems,the machines were been flown by experienced staff that had the best experience of anyone as to their state,and had not had reason to question any safety issues. The aircraft did not feel unwell or had asked to see the doctors because they were actually in fine fettle by any standards.
However there was this 'glitch' in the paper trail that needed attention,and the way it has been handled shows us how the lack of tech competence in the system allowed an escalation of the situation to a full blown disaster (for that is what it is). What was needed was a swift consultation with the 'operators'(schools) followed by some expertise parachuted in to deliver a rapid return to flying. What we got was more of the same sorry examples of incompetence and poor leadership that has been the hallmark of the situation since day one. No changes meant no improvement and we have all been appalled at how the RAF/MOD seem to have got themselves into such a state with such a simple operation.
The spanners have been replaced with facebook and twitter which are no substitute for practical experience and capable staff,they have killed off a fine facility that delivered the goods and have the audacity to suggest it will be a better service 'in the long term'. The lunatics are still firmly in control and they still do not have a clue.