Lyneham Eng Wing Re-Org
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: GONE BY 2012
Age: 51
Posts: 151
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
F
g great!
Why?
C130K retires in 3 years - is it worth a reshuffle?
24/30 Eng will prevail when they eventually go to Brize and the rumoured 5 year delay to A400M will give the RAF time to train the K engineers on the J model.
This might even mean full manning on the J line.
Until the wings fall off the wagon.........
g great!Why?
C130K retires in 3 years - is it worth a reshuffle?
24/30 Eng will prevail when they eventually go to Brize and the rumoured 5 year delay to A400M will give the RAF time to train the K engineers on the J model.
This might even mean full manning on the J line.
Until the wings fall off the wagon.........
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: exeter
Posts: 6
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
lots of laughs
Lyneham eng wing is ripe for a Black Adder sketch! Served in all the forms, A and B line. The great old days!! Every 7 years it’s a f*** about. Last really big one was by that stupid Women 'Wiseman'. What a laugh 
: D
: D
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 737
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
From today
Formerly - 24/30 Eng Sqn & 47/70 Eng Sqn
(formerly HLS & FLECS)
(formerly 24/30 & 47/70 Eng Sqn)
(formerly ALSS & BLSS)
(formerly LSSA & LSSB)
wait for it...
33 Eng Sqn Support
We had our chance, on this very thread, but we couldn't be bothered!
Lyneham was previously 33MU, so that's why.
Apparently this outweighs the risk of all our priority demands going to Odiham by mistake.
I have nothing more to add to this, my spirit was broken some time ago.
Formerly - 24/30 Eng Sqn & 47/70 Eng Sqn
(formerly HLS & FLECS)
(formerly 24/30 & 47/70 Eng Sqn)
(formerly ALSS & BLSS)
(formerly LSSA & LSSB)
wait for it...
33 Eng Sqn Support
We had our chance, on this very thread, but we couldn't be bothered!
Lyneham was previously 33MU, so that's why.
Apparently this outweighs the risk of all our priority demands going to Odiham by mistake.
I have nothing more to add to this, my spirit was broken some time ago.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 737
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Could be the last?
Not being an aircrew, I'm only vaguely familiar with the schoolboy antics on the flight deck, but if I was right, what is the significance of you Wah-ing my non-wah?
A very poor attempt at a wah...................
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Retired to Bisley from the small African nation
Age: 67
Posts: 461
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Last time I looked, 33 were flying Pumas out of Benson.
Just had a conversation with an Eng mate at Lyn. His success today was getting a desk in the 4-wall space that is now his office. No phone / computer / documents. Just a desk.
Sven
Just had a conversation with an Eng mate at Lyn. His success today was getting a desk in the 4-wall space that is now his office. No phone / computer / documents. Just a desk.
Sven
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: england
Posts: 385
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
SPHLC, I have to agree totally with you, having been at Lyneham for almost a decade, I have seen numerous reshuffles, and just as they are working well we get moved again 
There is a BIG feeling of de-ja-vu, and the money is on being split again by 2011....
Personally (and also the view of a lot of techies) is that we have lost our identity as the Herc force, 33 means nothing to anyone, and being confused with a Helicopter Sqn will not help anyone...
less than two to do thankfully
There is a BIG feeling of de-ja-vu, and the money is on being split again by 2011.... Personally (and also the view of a lot of techies) is that we have lost our identity as the Herc force, 33 means nothing to anyone, and being confused with a Helicopter Sqn will not help anyone
...less than two to do thankfully
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: somewhere special
Age: 46
Posts: 149
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
un-bloody-believable
Holy F**k!! could nobody think of a better number than 33? I am astounded by the stupidity of that decision. re-org is one thing and with it comes pain, but calling it 33 is adding in unnecessary risk to the change.
the hard-working lads at Lyn have my sincere sympathy on this one.
the hard-working lads at Lyn have my sincere sympathy on this one.
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Another S**thole
Age: 51
Posts: 162
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re-shuffle at Odiham and Benson Announced
Puma Eng Line now re-numbered 47 Eng Sqn
CH-47 Eng Line now re-numbered LXX Eng Sqn
Deployed Eng Det now under the guise of 2430 Eng Wing
Centralised Rotary Deep Maintainence now called 57(R) Eng Sqn
They wouldn't stand for it so why have we?????
33 Eng Sqn -
Another little bit of Lyneham destroyed.
Puma Eng Line now re-numbered 47 Eng Sqn
CH-47 Eng Line now re-numbered LXX Eng Sqn
Deployed Eng Det now under the guise of 2430 Eng Wing
Centralised Rotary Deep Maintainence now called 57(R) Eng Sqn
They wouldn't stand for it so why have we?????
33 Eng Sqn -
Another little bit of Lyneham destroyed.
obviously in readiness for the big move, destroy everything that relates to Lyneham, I wouldn't be surprised if the flying squadrons are next, Do we really need so many when you consider how many aircraft are airworthy, anyone like to guess what they will re-org the flying squadrons into? One or two squadrons and which number??
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Morecambe
Posts: 14
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Unbeleivable, I thought that was the end when that "Women" made a complete cluster last time, is this somebody else after their promotion and OBE then.?
Why can't people just leave things alone that work.
As to the title 33 Eng Sqn Support, how do 33 Sqn Puma Engineers feel about that?
Why can't people just leave things alone that work.
As to the title 33 Eng Sqn Support, how do 33 Sqn Puma Engineers feel about that?
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Another S**thole
Age: 51
Posts: 162
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I wouldn't be surprised if the flying squadrons are next, Do we really need so many when you consider how many aircraft are airworthy, anyone like to guess what they will re-org the flying squadrons into? One or two squadrons and which number??
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Oxon
Age: 66
Posts: 1,942
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Unbeleivable, I thought that was the end when that "Women" made a complete cluster last time, is this somebody else after their promotion and OBE then.?
Why can't people just leave things alone that work.
As to the title 33 Eng Sqn Support, how do 33 Sqn Puma Engineers feel about that?
Why can't people just leave things alone that work.
As to the title 33 Eng Sqn Support, how do 33 Sqn Puma Engineers feel about that?
ok so all sqns move to brize, then renamed as 85.5 sqn thats all the numbers added up and halved - bound to save some money then.....
only need one sqn boss, one scribbly etc. they could even save more money if they stopped promoting people for the sake of it, and promoted to fill vacancies. IE one Squadron - one squadron leader.
Senior pilot - one flight lt maybe two
Senor nav - oh no dont need them anymore
Senior air eng - oh no dont need them either
senior ALM - one or maybe two WO aircrew
rest can simply be flying officers, thats what they do, fly and eat hob nobs, drink tea..........
only need one sqn boss, one scribbly etc. they could even save more money if they stopped promoting people for the sake of it, and promoted to fill vacancies. IE one Squadron - one squadron leader.
Senior pilot - one flight lt maybe two
Senor nav - oh no dont need them anymore
Senior air eng - oh no dont need them either
senior ALM - one or maybe two WO aircrew
rest can simply be flying officers, thats what they do, fly and eat hob nobs, drink tea..........
Yes, Him
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: West Sussex, UK
Posts: 2,689
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
what is the significance of you Wah-ing my non-wah?
Or Syph on his Donk (if he's a Sooty).
Right, that's the Septics tied in knots then.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: cardiff
Posts: 598
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
LSS (A/B) and AES when I woz there, what was wrong with that....
another case of Petronius syndrome methinks
If their high and mightyships are so hung up on number plates, whats wrong with re-instating the 'old' MU title, call it 33 MU, the name says it all, does what it says on the tin,maintains aeroplanes
ttfn
another case of Petronius syndrome methinks
If their high and mightyships are so hung up on number plates, whats wrong with re-instating the 'old' MU title, call it 33 MU, the name says it all, does what it says on the tin,maintains aeroplanes
ttfn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 737
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I served it up on a plate on post # 1 of this thread
At the very first meeting I said to the Wing Commander, and this is a direct quote -
'Sir, can we name our new outfit ourselves, instead of one of the Officers dreaming up something daft while he's in the bath'
He agreed we could, we couldn't be bothered, so we only have ourselves to blame.
Re: The Wah/Non-Wah/Pooh Pooh
I thought the gentleman might be claiming that I was having a larf, but now realise he might have been concerned that I got 33 Sqn mixed up Odiham/Benson
I have only played the Wah game once, and my victory was so spectacular I have never seen the need to play again. Had an overnight in Bucharest on the way to war, and we had a 20 year old holding officer, keen to impress as they always are. Having not yet failed enough flying training in order to be posted to Hercules, he had never met a Ground Engineer before, certainly not a 19 stone specimen. Wah-ing had been occuring amongst the imbecile aircrew, and I quietly confessed that I had no idea what was going on. He took great delight in explaining the intricacies of the game after which I delivered a 500 decibel WAH! Being lead imbecile, this embarrassed him hugely in front of his aircrew chums, and 8 pints of Tuborg later, he offered me outside, to 'put me on my arse'. I couldn't take him up on his offer, for laughing.
Words to use:-
Hercules
Engineering (or Rectification)
Squadron
(should be able to make Horse out of that, all we need is Arse)
er...that's it. No w*nkwords permitted
But hang on a minute
70 Sqn will be the first A400M outfit, so...
24/30/47 Eng Sqn
Add them all up, and what do you get?
101 Eng Sqn
And what site will we be working on at Brize? You've guessed it.
Hercules
Engineering (or Rectification)
Squadron
(should be able to make Horse out of that, all we need is Arse)
er...that's it. No w*nkwords permitted
But hang on a minute
70 Sqn will be the first A400M outfit, so...
24/30/47 Eng Sqn
Add them all up, and what do you get?
101 Eng Sqn
And what site will we be working on at Brize? You've guessed it.
'Sir, can we name our new outfit ourselves, instead of one of the Officers dreaming up something daft while he's in the bath'
He agreed we could, we couldn't be bothered, so we only have ourselves to blame.
Re: The Wah/Non-Wah/Pooh Pooh
I thought the gentleman might be claiming that I was having a larf, but now realise he might have been concerned that I got 33 Sqn mixed up Odiham/Benson
I have only played the Wah game once, and my victory was so spectacular I have never seen the need to play again. Had an overnight in Bucharest on the way to war, and we had a 20 year old holding officer, keen to impress as they always are. Having not yet failed enough flying training in order to be posted to Hercules, he had never met a Ground Engineer before, certainly not a 19 stone specimen. Wah-ing had been occuring amongst the imbecile aircrew, and I quietly confessed that I had no idea what was going on. He took great delight in explaining the intricacies of the game after which I delivered a 500 decibel WAH! Being lead imbecile, this embarrassed him hugely in front of his aircrew chums, and 8 pints of Tuborg later, he offered me outside, to 'put me on my arse'. I couldn't take him up on his offer, for laughing.