So today was my first day. I found out that I am the "Merlin Depth Officer", which as I found out, is a pretty complicated job. The Brits farmed out all the heavy (depth) maintenance to Augusta Westland (AW). So AW runs the maintenance show in terms of managing the maintenance processes, and they employ a 50/50 split of military and civilian technicians. This is where it gets a bit complicated (I will write again when I have it figured out, probably next year). I look after some parts of all military techs, but not all. I look after their welfare, excluding their day to day work (leave, hr problems, etc). Now there is another group of folks, called the Merlin IPT. These are the military engineers (like an AEO shop), so I am the link between them and AW. As well, there are operational engineers (like SAMAs for you AERE types), and again I am the link between them and AW. I also moniter everything to do with the contract and staffing, and that is about all I figured out today.
All of the Brits I met have been fantastic... very friendly. The weather has finally turned around here, so the everyone went to the beach today while I was at work. Still trying to find a minivan (MPV in England), and we have narrowed the search a bit. Laura's Mom is only here until the 11th, so we have to hurry a bit on that. Hope this finds you all well. M
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Ok so for non military folks, that first paragraph was totally way over my head. no idea what all that stuff means but I am sure you will figure it out eventually. So basically, it sounds like you are in charge of a bunch of people :)
Have you found your minivan yet?!
Mel
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