To: Grut
I recall a new rule came out in about '82 to reduce the number of "hanger queens", by limiting their stay in the hanger to 120 day. This meant that every 119 days an new aircraft would come in and take its place and a big 'parts party' would be had to move parts from one aircraft to another.
Did not change anything, just doubled the work. Should have asked the maintainer what they though but...naugh...a general would have not gotten promoted!
17 posted on
04/28/2006 5:37:08 AM PDT by
truemiester
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To: truemiester
All true. I also remember the OAS conversion on the B-52Gs in 1983. We had so few good parts that we would actually pull gyros that were still spinning from an aircraft that just landed to put in one that was about to take off.
134 posted on
05/10/2006 1:45:53 PM PDT by
TankerKC
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To: truemiester
In 1993 I led the technical component of the rewrite of the US Army's Readiness and Sustainability System.
I always believed that the military was at cross-purposes in using the same system to determine unit readiness as evaluating the proficiency of commanders.
There is a built-in incentive for commanders to fudge the numbers.
155 posted on
05/15/2006 4:48:27 AM PDT by
Beckwith
(The liberal media has picked sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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