UK MFTS on or off the rails?
I don't think MFTS RW students will ever see an EOL/touchdown auto except in the FTD - another erosion of a key helicopter skill.
When you say 'the best of Cobham' I hope it's true. There were some outstanding Cobham instructors during the old DHFS contract, but there was more than a sprinkling of idle belters churning out NI 1980's stuff regardless of what the syllabi called for, and generally waiting for Godot.
If you have managed to keep the wheat and jettison the chaff, I'd be marginally supportive (despite the wrong choice of aircraft for 50% of your throughput).
Hopefully the decision on the ex-Cobham guys wasn't made on how they looked on paper......
Cobham boss: Helicopter unit workers' fake degrees had no impact on safety | City A.M.
If you have managed to keep the wheat and jettison the chaff, I'd be marginally supportive (despite the wrong choice of aircraft for 50% of your throughput).
Hopefully the decision on the ex-Cobham guys wasn't made on how they looked on paper......
Cobham boss: Helicopter unit workers' fake degrees had no impact on safety | City A.M.
That will be because the military is struggling to fill its agreed share of the QHIs for MFTS and will probably suffer contractual penalties if it doesn't.
The aspiration for a high percentage of mil instructors was a great idea but didn't match what is actually available.
The aspiration for a high percentage of mil instructors was a great idea but didn't match what is actually available.
When you say 'the best of Cobham' I hope it's true. There were some outstanding Cobham instructors during the old DHFS contract, but there was more than a sprinkling of idle belters churning out NI 1980's stuff regardless of what the syllabi called for, and generally waiting for Godot.
If you have managed to keep the wheat and jettison the chaff, I'd be marginally supportive (despite the wrong choice of aircraft for 50% of your throughput).
Hopefully the decision on the ex-Cobham guys wasn't made on how they looked on paper......
Cobham boss: Helicopter unit workers' fake degrees had no impact on safety | City A.M.
If you have managed to keep the wheat and jettison the chaff, I'd be marginally supportive (despite the wrong choice of aircraft for 50% of your throughput).
Hopefully the decision on the ex-Cobham guys wasn't made on how they looked on paper......
Cobham boss: Helicopter unit workers' fake degrees had no impact on safety | City A.M.
The article stated were the pilots were based in Curacao hence flying AW139 for the Coast Guard ; so figured they were informed their CVs pulled up (I had to do that for every employee as part of my internal audit in old helicopter company I worked for, i.a.w EASA changes) and they were non Brits / trained in USA etc etc which had to have a degree??
If for some reason management says "ok peeps, under x,y,z may need a degree, lests send you both or do a distance learning course with one of the many aviation colleges stateside and earm it within 5-6 years"
cheers
Hmmm I do not understand the urgent need there to add three letters to one's title in a jiffy ? It is not like the US system where theres a prerequisite (apart from good stick and cyclic / hours in the air )to have Associate and Bachelors degree in tens of dozens of aerospace related degrees nowadays to get to the interview.
The article stated where the pilots were based in Curacao hence flying AW139 for the Coast Guard ; so figured they were informed their CVs pulled up (I had to do that for every employee as part of my internal audit in old helicopter company I worked for, i.a.w EASA changes) and they were non Brits / trained in USA etc etc which had to have a degree??
If for some reason management says "ok peeps, under x,y,z may need a degree, lests send you both or do a distance learning course with one of the many aviation colleges stateside and earm it within 5-6 years"
cheers
The article stated where the pilots were based in Curacao hence flying AW139 for the Coast Guard ; so figured they were informed their CVs pulled up (I had to do that for every employee as part of my internal audit in old helicopter company I worked for, i.a.w EASA changes) and they were non Brits / trained in USA etc etc which had to have a degree??
If for some reason management says "ok peeps, under x,y,z may need a degree, lests send you both or do a distance learning course with one of the many aviation colleges stateside and earm it within 5-6 years"
cheers
He retired from flying. Was also the boss of 4 Sqn
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Two interesting points (albeit two years old) - the need for more aircraft and (at 8.48) he says after 5 years the RAF owns the T6s, rather than Ascent/Affinity.
He retired from flying. Was also the boss of 4 Sqn
Why I Quit the Greatest Job in the World - The Curse of the Bovril Snail - Fast Jet Performance
Why I Quit the Greatest Job in the World - The Curse of the Bovril Snail - Fast Jet Performance
However now that Typhoon is moving to more squadrons, even with heavy utilisation of simulation I can see why there isn’t enough T-6.
Not hard to work out - even with 8 FL sqns (5x Typhoon, 3x F35) you conservatively want to have 4 ab initio Guys hitting streets of the sqn each year. 32 Pilots x 100 hours = 3200 hours. Divide that through 10 airframes and the number of available flying days a year and you can see you start running into issues. This is before you have any wastage (scrubbed due weather, performance, U/S) or include any non student flying (flypast, display, Pax ride or staff training).
However now that Typhoon is moving to more squadrons, even with heavy utilisation of simulation I can see why there isn’t enough T-6.
However now that Typhoon is moving to more squadrons, even with heavy utilisation of simulation I can see why there isn’t enough T-6.
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Instructors are simple folk, they expect to be trained where required for the job and do the job that was advertised not have a snippets of the contract thrown at them that says "and any other task the company may ask of you" or have deal with attempts to have the contracts amended post signing and many months into them in order to benefit the company..........
They are going to struggle to fill the vacancies as the pool is small and incestuous and everybody talks......
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Bose-x,
I agree with much of what you say, but I think the issue will not be recruitment, but rather retention. People need jobs to pay the Bills, and most will take what is on offer from Ascent as a quick and easy fix. However, it is clear from speaking to colleagues who already work for Ascent that their pay and t's and c's, leave policy etc are poor. Of course TUPE will protect the transferees, but given the planned syllabi, working hrs etc, people will quickly look elsewhere I suspect.
I have to wonder what will happen to those rearcrew protected by TUPE who find out they don't fit in the Juno?
If the mil hit their quota it might not matter too much, but the experience within DHFS is mostly civilian and these are the people that the system can least afford to lose (and Ascent are planning to make some of them redundant - but of course this reduces the wage bill .
I agree with much of what you say, but I think the issue will not be recruitment, but rather retention. People need jobs to pay the Bills, and most will take what is on offer from Ascent as a quick and easy fix. However, it is clear from speaking to colleagues who already work for Ascent that their pay and t's and c's, leave policy etc are poor. Of course TUPE will protect the transferees, but given the planned syllabi, working hrs etc, people will quickly look elsewhere I suspect.
I have to wonder what will happen to those rearcrew protected by TUPE who find out they don't fit in the Juno?
If the mil hit their quota it might not matter too much, but the experience within DHFS is mostly civilian and these are the people that the system can least afford to lose (and Ascent are planning to make some of them redundant - but of course this reduces the wage bill .
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I agree on the retention. They are all ready losing people. But replacement I think is definitely going to be an issue for them, certainly on the ME training side as there is just not the supply of people out there. Its going to be interesting to see where the current outsource request is going to go. I am watching with interest the responses and questions being asked by potential ATO's.
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The outsource request
Bought several Phenoms (oops completely wrong ac type, yes I have flown it)
Currently have a course/sim/King Airs (flown that too, perfect for students)
Awarded the contract 2010ish
Brewery closed as no-on could organise the P*ss up
Bought several Phenoms (oops completely wrong ac type, yes I have flown it)
Currently have a course/sim/King Airs (flown that too, perfect for students)
Awarded the contract 2010ish
Brewery closed as no-on could organise the P*ss up
