Eureka Seven

What a week... No, what a month actually. Started off with a Technical Data Violation [TDV] by 2 personnel, then comes a Direct Safety Violation [DSV] by another 2 personnel, then another JOAP error TDV by 1, and last but not least 2 more getting de-certified to their minimum qualification and the Record Of Verbal Warning [ROVW].

This is the first time I see so many screw ups in a month contributed by our DCC flight. *sigh* They just keeps adding to the statistic. All are either getting corrective or punitive punishments from our flight chief and the management. As part of the flight, what I can do to help as much as possible is only to watch out for them when they are working. I don't know what is in their mind really. Not only those new rotation personnel that are making the mistakes, those that are going back in 3 months' time also adds to the statistic... With very senior people too.

I must help Angelo translate his message across to all.

"When you choose to be posted here in America, you are given a choice, nobody forced you to come here. And get this in your mind why are you here, what is your purpose. You are here because the aircraft are here, that's why work is priority. To generate healthy aircraft stats and successful missions daily without human factor related incident or accident. You guys don't come here because of Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood, New York, Las Vegas, etc. Majority of the people here don't have the right mindset. Saturdays & Sundays here are confirm day-off. Whereas, back in SG, you have got tonnes of appointments and duties to catch up with. On top of that you are actually getting an extra allowance. If you can't hack the work tempo and not up to the standards, you should be doing more self developing or if not pack your stuffs and go back SG! Don't be a B********h that just do the task without knowing what is the rationale, get your basics right and understand the system. Then you will never go wrong or put other people's life at risk when working with you."

After work is done you can all relax and do whatever you want, nobody will bother you, this is a Land of Freedom. But everyday I see people surfing the Internet for maps to go tour, booking hotels & online shopping for good deals during operation hours. These people are always hogging on to the computer terminals.

"Knowledge is Power" I came out with this phrase myself, even before I heard it, when I was an On-Job-Trainee [OJT]. I philosophized this and take every opportunities to improve myself all the time. I look at every occurrences in life as a learning phase. I remembered also once, my instructor told me that I must start working as 1 rank higher on every promotion. If you are not yearning for your next higher rank than stay dull and work within your job scope.

Since the day I joined the Air Force, I had been hearing alot of inspiring speeches given by many leaders. Some are only logical in words but not actions. Whereas some, talks practical. One of them is Angelo. I had been hearing him since I am an OJT in Aerosystem Flight [AEF]. Many find him fearful, but I find him approachable. He is just a funny old man. I don't meant funny as in nonsense or what, it's just that it's fun to work with him. This is one of his favourite quote: "Mangkali Gan lah". Same goes for Derek Ng, who is coming to join us here soon. These people are the best to work with because they know what is happening and most importantly they are practical people. They help to improve the working environment by being a pests buster in the Squadron...

all gone, just like that... 5:40 PM