http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafconingsby/newsweather/index.cfm?storyid=668760B6-5056-A318-A8752E9199AA55E3
In 1994, whilst on 54(F) Sqn, my three man admin team began to cover our office from 0730-1800 Mon-Thu, because we realised that our night shift Engineers who started at 1630 had to either come in their own time to sort admin out or wait a week until they were on days - neither of which was acceptable to us. Throughout my next two postings on Sqns, right up until 2010 when 1(F) Sqn disbanded I carried on the same format. At three different locations, the PSF management told me that I was "Ar$e wiping". I saw it as "Providing a service". Sure, it was a limited service (1 person stayed late), but it was more than any of my TG17 colleagues were prepared to do, and more than my predecessors on each Sqn, all of whom thought the world ended at 1700. The relationship we had with the Engineering Management on all those Sqns suggested that what we did was massively appreciated.
Imagine my surprise then to see the above link supposedly heralding the pioneers of extended opening times, some 22 years after it was done at Coltishall.
In 1994, whilst on 54(F) Sqn, my three man admin team began to cover our office from 0730-1800 Mon-Thu, because we realised that our night shift Engineers who started at 1630 had to either come in their own time to sort admin out or wait a week until they were on days - neither of which was acceptable to us. Throughout my next two postings on Sqns, right up until 2010 when 1(F) Sqn disbanded I carried on the same format. At three different locations, the PSF management told me that I was "Ar$e wiping". I saw it as "Providing a service". Sure, it was a limited service (1 person stayed late), but it was more than any of my TG17 colleagues were prepared to do, and more than my predecessors on each Sqn, all of whom thought the world ended at 1700. The relationship we had with the Engineering Management on all those Sqns suggested that what we did was massively appreciated.
Imagine my surprise then to see the above link supposedly heralding the pioneers of extended opening times, some 22 years after it was done at Coltishall.
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