Flight Officer FA Cyric reporting in on 6/25/04 for the Flight Office Another week another dollar....well maybe not a dollar but a very important change to the way that the transfers will now be handled within the TieCorps. On the Flight Office site the protocols for transfers have been posted for years. Every member should know what to do when requesting a transfer to and from a squadron or wing. Over the past weeks I've gotten quite a few requests sent directly to me, totally bypassing the system. Flags weren't notified, Cmdrs upset over losing pilots and not knowing why...a total mess for me the command officers involved and a nightmare for me and the processing. Well, No more! The transfer protocols are being edited and are effective immediately. For the most part it will remain the same with the following exceptions: The FLIGHT OFFICER WILL NOT RECEIVE any requests for transfers unless it is sent from the BGCOM's of the outgoing and or incoming Battle Group or any designee there of. Any requests submitted to the flight office will not be processed, unless it comes from a BGCOM. It will be the pilots responsibility to notify his immediate supervisors of their intention to transfer and why, and notify the new supervisors of his/her intent to transfer to their squadron/wing/ship/bg. Transfers requested by pilots will be acknowledged within three days. If said pilot does not receive an answer from the BGCOM's involved, then I will process the request, by the pilot submitting the request to his immediate supervisor stating that they waited the 3 days, and that they got no response. In this case the COM or WC of the ship shall notify the FO of the request and the process will be allowed. Exceptions to this rule will be Reserve transfers and Elite squadron transfers. People coming out of the reserves into the active fleet will be processed by me as I receive their requests. Elite squadrons are invitation only, and can be submitted directly to the FO by the elite squadron cmdr. However, the elite squadron cmdr must make notification to the pilots current supervisors of the pilots intent to join said elite squadron. Every BGCOM and Elite CMDR has agreed to this change and welcomes it. I hope to have the Flight Office site updated with the new rules by tomorrow The WO AD Pel has begun preparations for IMPSTROM V. A new WO website is in the works and new rules are being established. More details to follow shortly. The EH has also seen some new CS appointments: IO RA Drako SO FA Keldorn GM VA Gelton Torr Supreme Director VA Aseret MAJ Abel Malik has been named the new Praetorian Elite Squadron CMDR Wing X Wing Commander position is open to applications That's all from the Flight Office... In Service... FA Cyric FO-TCCOM/FA CYRIC/CS-4/SSSD SOVEREIGN