Just beware of the alligators.
Anyone want to shed some light on the new way that NACATC are allocating weeks?
It appears the weeks are offered to the regions to then select the wing???
Not quite. Weeks are allocated to the Regions by HQAC. They can then manage allocations to the Wings.
Essentially it’s a trial to try and increase the usage of the centres and ensure prime school holiday weeks are filled to the rafters and to ensure that CCF get a look in to using the centres as well.
So ultimately it’s a numbers game.
Is the week allocated specifically for the wing or is there an expectation to host other cadets from other wings (before the question of said wing not being able to fill every bed space)?
And should there be extra capacity, spaces are offered out?
Cheers
Yep, in order to make the best use of the asset. If I remember correctly weeks in prime holiday weeks should be filled with a minimum of 30 cadets plus supporting staff.
In W&W Wings could bid for weeks as the lead, as they normally would. The expectation was very much that if they can’t fill the bed spaces, either join up with other nearby Wing(s) or offer additional cadet spaces out where they have spare instructional capacity. It’s basically a common sense approach - if they know they are going to have spare beds in a centre, try and fill them. That could be with a concurrent adult course, a Gold exped, or whatever. Could be from the lead Wing or a nearby one - doesn’t really matter, just maximise the use of the asset.
Unfortunately two of our weeks are end March/early April and so probably not viable under the current restrictions. That leaves 3 weeks that have lead units allocated.
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We have gone exactly the same, Wings bid for a week but if you can’t fill it with Cadets or Staff Courses then join up with someone else.