Just back from yet another week of rear party, except this time Ive gotten the kick in the teeth I wasn't expecting. Dragged in the office to be told "We need you to head up a team of guys to go up to Lossie for 3 months to set up a Primary star line because we have run out of hours on too many jets. Oh F**k off youre having a laugh thinx I, but neigh niegh neigh out comes the Order and away I will be going from 2 Oct till Xmas.

Good thing is they are giving us £16 a day to go up there so that will cushion the blow in the beach bar!!!

Lean eventing like f**k. The latest plan from Sengo is to turn one of the HAS's into an Avionic Rets HAS. His idea is to have a 'Quick Fit' has where all jets with avionic snags will be parked up outside and dragged im in order of priority and fixed by the fairies. Why? will it save us money, will it enable us to work longer hours or fly aircraft for longer? Or could it be that the Sengo is doing a masters degree in 'Lean' and needs to write a thesis on setting up and implementing a Lean Process utilising a factory line system?

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