Below is a copy of the minutes of today's Sqn Cdrs' Meeting for your info and future action. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me. Please note the plea at the end of the minutes, some of you have 3 different names!

Will




At the Sqn Cdrs' Scheduling Meeting held today the following was agreed:

1. The Duty Planner (the Planner responsible for the following Tuesday's mission) will post on the Forum (under OPERATIONS, Squadron Flights), on the preceding Tuesday, the number of seats available on the mission in question by aircraft type. Therefore, providing a complete week's notice.

2. Pilots should bid for seats to their respective Sqn Cdrs via each Squadron's Forum page not later than the Saturday prior to the mission.

3. Sqn Cdrs will meet on TS at 14:00 on the Sunday preceding the mission to schedule pilots to the seats available.

4. The completed Flying Programme for the Tuesday mission will be posted by Gp Capt Neil on the Forum (under OPERATIONS, Squadron Flights) by cop on the Sunday prior to the mission.

There was also a plea for pilots to standardise their name so that the same name appears on TS, WhatsApp and DCS. This might involve a begging letter to Richard! Sqn Cdrs agreed to action this point at a Sqn level.


We agreed to run this system for half a dozen cycles and see if it solves the problems identified by the planners.


Wg Cdr Will - OC 41(F)Sqn

Are you able to get a flight together for Tuesday night? If so, could you liaise with Flyco regarding provision and objectives please?

Neil/Alan.

Unfortunately we are unlikely to be able to supply anyone for this evenings main flight as we have been heavily engaged in the OCU Carrier/refuelling phase, its more complicated than it appears and for 8 to 10 pilots to successfully complete a T\O, a2a refuel, bombing range, bounce range, use correct comms and approach procedures in a single and successful mission has taken a lot of hours!.

We are also at a slightly awkward point in development as a new squadron as there are no currently qualified pilot's that have completed all phases of the OCU. In effect, 54's currently in name only. That should be resolved in the very near future and the normal 'resumption of hostilities' should be in place before long.

Thanks for your patience!

Bob

Understood. We had a good turnout. Hope your training goes well.