Now now ladies, keep it civil.
:ok: :p

We'll kiss and make up over a http://www.smilies-world.de/smilies/...smilies/19.gif

Nice to see.

The change from Eng wing to Forward Support Wing makes us sound like HMs finest plumpers of duvets now. Does that mean we now no longer indulge in the task of engineering?

Things appear to be getting pretty deparate frame wise at Lyneham, any signs that the next set of changes are going to improve things, or is it too late.

Errr no, you support the a/c. I don't think that S&M wing will be too happy to be lumped in with a load of moaning and bitching techies either.

Anyway, you'd need to be a civvy to 'plump duvets', service personnel are the ones you go to when you need a few more screws from tech store to build that shed at home.:p

Been away from Lyneham for a couple of weeks now and am glad I have missed the outcome of RIE2. Has it messed things up too much or is everyone coping well? I suppose I will find out soon when I return to chaos central.
Apologies to our those who are involved with S&M, is there really a need to indulge in sordid practices, but we moaning and bitching techies aern't that bad really. Would you really object to being lumped in with us, it could be worse you could be lumped in with some other less wonderfull trade.

p.s. Any news on those screws as my shed is looking a bit sorry at the mo..............

Heh heh

Just heard what the PMC at Lyneham had to say about all this at the Dining-in on 13 May.

Well said, that man! (most of it, anyway)

Go on then, tell us all more, or at least a few pointers.:E


Exleckie

Was it something to do with 'what genius decided to send so many K's to Cambridge at the same time'. Then again there may have been more

...or how about;

...when they come back from Cambridge where has all the manpower gone?

...maybe...something to do with the continuing lack of spares?

...or may be that old fave'...who over tasked the fleet by retasking the aircraft that have not arrived back yet?

...I know...what silly @rse carelessly bent the airframe thus reducing our capability?

how about...?

...Go on then DB, do tell after all it is a rumor network...and there is no I in team!

Salisbury Cathedral

XV179 Memorial Service

OC Eng Wing (Forward Support Wing) : -

'I am the way, the truth and the life...'

The Congregation : -

'We know that, now get on with the bible reading!'



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Hmmmmmmmm six RIEs (Rapid Improvements Events) in one week, each taking up 7 people. Should they just be called events as they are not rapid, as they take all week and they do not improve ANYTHING.

Perhap we should have an RIE on the RIEs?

I think that the Japaniese have taken this LEAN thing too far!!!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...efencecuts.jpg

Is this the size of things to come at Lyneham ? :uhoh: :confused: :ugh:

The latest round of RIE's are over. Wonder what,s going to happen now ?

I regret to inform the PPRUNE community of some devastating news.

RAF Lyneham's OC Eng Wg (or FSW or whatever, as if I cared), exclusively responsible for what you read in this post, has been awarded an OBE for her efforts.

I've had enough. The RAF can go and f%ck itself.

fatter albert

Someone has beaten you to it.

Today, a well respected Chf Tech (if a little short, fat & Welsh) who has got redundancy in Tranche 1 was offered promotion to Flt Sgt if he agreed to stay in. This was by signal from PMA.

He replied by signal, and it was a two fingered one.

SPHL

He was my Chief when I first arrived at Lyneham and deserved the promotion more than anyone I have ever met (except for yourself obviously). Here we have a superb Chief with decades of dedicated service in the RAF who suddenly feels he wants no further part of engineering in the RAF.

You know as well as I do, he's not even in a minority.

The Chief deserves hearty congratulations anyway, and very best wishes for the future.

OBE
 

Marvellous news about the OBE!

What's that for then?

Single handedly trying to reduce the RAF to 41,000?

At least it answers the questions to why the toys were out of the cot the other night?

On another note to this, since when did engineers have to justify engineering decisions to Air Ops?

Ever since engineering decisions meant that aircraft weren't ready for sorties. Which would make it since at least 1918...

I think mini G phrased the point poorly.
Of course Engineering decisions should be held to account............. but pressure should never be brought to bear where someone is cornered into declaring u/s aircraft fit/ready to go. It gets dangerous.
Lets face it if you don't trust your groundcrew to say the jet is u/s why on earth should you trust us when we say it is s?:=