FLIGHT OFFICE REPORT #3 FLEET ADMIRAL CYRIC REPORTING 10/03/03 A pretty slow week for the Flight Office. Processing the roster moves has been exhausting, but caught up! Some issues that I am working on for the fleet: 1) I have contact the COO about hosting a possible 2 vs 2 MP comp. The COO has agreed to this and is awaiting more details on it. I hope to have this comp immediately after IMPSTORM. 2) IMPSTORM - Revenge of the Battle Groups - Has begun. Most of the action has been the various BG's and the SOV making their initial moves, jockeying for position. I expect huge things from this battle, and look forward to when the first blows have been struck. 3) Along with the TO and XO , we are discussing the new training requirements that have been heard about but not seen. A major sticking point is the fact of having the flight certifications finished by squadron commanders. I pose these questions to you and would like an answer by weeks end (next week) with the TO cc'ed: 1. Is it too much to ask of the squadron CMDRS's to do this training? 2. Should it fall on the COM's or BGCOM's to finish this training? 3. Should there be designated Flight training officers/BG to aid the CT's with the Flight training? Please review these questions and submit them to me. I will tally the responses and give an informed opinion to the XO for review. 4) On the topic of CT's. Of the seven squadrons that I labeled as "in need", only three remain understaffed: Sigma, Sin, and Sadhe. The remaining four have either recruited, been filled by CT's, or have had reservists re-enlist. This is great news. Again, I'm not looking at numbers, in so far as having the squadrons filled, but am looking at cohesiveness of the units, and how active they are. If a squadron has 4-5 members, but lights the world on fire I can live with that. Its the squadrons with 5 members plus, that have no activity, which brings me to my next point: Typhoon squadron and Cyclone squadron this past week have been closed due to everymember being AWOLED or MIA! Some of the members in the squadrons weren't heard from in over 100 days! The Squadron Commanders were the only active members in either of these squadrons. They have been reassigned, and the squadrons closed at the behest of the COM of the ship and the BGCOM. AWOL or MIA pilots can be processed after 30 days and every attempt should be made to contact them before they are entered into the database as such. 5) Several members have come to me requesting promotions for either other FM's or CMDR's etc. Please remind everyone to use the Chain of Command! Have them entered into the Database so I can process them legitimately. There are certain guidelines that must be followed: when the pilots last promo was, time in position etc etc. Chain of Command is important. It is also important to follow when there is roster movements. Make sure that your pilots let you know about transfers, reservists coming back etc. 6) The database problem I had is corrected, thanks to SA Astatine! The mailer is working and you should be getting the mails from these positional changes. 7) on the topic of CT's...If a CT does not specify a squadron and only specifies a platform I will look for a squadron that needs a member and place them there. I am making every attempt to accommodate the CT's and the recruiter, but must also look to whets best for the fleet. If the squadrons in your group are ok, then the pilots will go to where ever they request. The GA had approved of this placement until we can resolve the training situation... As TCCOM I am trying to improve the quality of life for the fleet. If there are any concerns or problems, please send me a mail or see me on Mirc, so that I can resolve them. Thanks to all for making everything very easy in the TieCorps! In Service.... FA Cyric FO-TCCOM/FA Cyric/CS-4/SSSD Sovereign GOE/SSx5/BSx2/PCx2/ISMx5/MoI/MoT-1rh-5gh/LoC-CSx7-Rx1/CoLx3/CoB/LoA/OV-5E [KNGT] {IWATS-AIM-BX-CBX-ICQ-IIC/1-JS-M/1/2-SM/1/2/3-XTM/1-XTT}