Ultimately - The CWC are there to make decisions in the best interests of the cadets - at 388 the decisions have been the right ones. The Civ Com are excellent and work well with the staff - not to mention getting stuck into anything they can.
So whatever else people think should have happened - the right decisions have been made for the welfare of all the cadets - I call that a win.
I’m sure the squadron are thrilled with all the support and not all discouraged by constant circling around the ‘I am da law’ drain about money which is made to sound like absolutely anything else except what it is. Cadet money being spent on Cadets.
If it makes you feel better I can head up to Stoke and make sure that no one is driving any 18 plate Jags…do they have a marina, I can check for yachts whilst I’m there.
Thought I’d give a short update on the Squadron after 4 months.
We started with 89 cadets and have dropped to 83 cadets at this point. Staffing has remained constant.
New HQ will be complete in March - looking good.
Everything is going pretty well, it’s been hard work for the staff, particularly the uniformed staff, but things have calmed down now, and we have planned our programme until March now. Our programme up to Jan has been a mix of core training and other activities designed to get the squadron to have a “one team feeling”, which seems to have worked well. Our programme from January is very much more structured and reflects how the programme will be going forward. We will be recruiting for a training flight in January - and have 32 cadets on the waiting list.
Our Cadet Warrant Officers and Senior Cadet NCOs have been exceptional, and have supported the staff at every stage.
All in all, things are going very well, and we couldn’t have asked for a better start. Looking forward to 2019.
Parents WhatsApp liftsharing group seems to have worked very well. In practice we get the odd cadet arriving early or a bit late, but generally works very well.