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Aviation History
1948
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March 25/A, 1948 327 ^ 1 |'|l i LANNED SERVING Spectacular Results from R.A.F. Manpower Economy Scheme FROM limited resources of money, material and man-power, the Royal Air Force is pre-occupied, in thesedays of economic stress, with the problem of pro-viding the nation with an efficient first line of defence. The greatest scarcity is, of course, manpower, and in resolving the problem the R.A.F. has discarded many of its outworn practices and traditional usages, particularly in the field of aircraft servicing, the manpower for which comprises about forty per cent of the strength of the Royal Air Force. . In its search for practical solutions to the problems in- volved, the Service has turned for help to science and indus- try, and has borrowed or adapted those engineering prac- tices and methods which offered the greatest economies of manpower but did not conflict with operational necessities and flexibility of organization. Since 1943, when the first effects of the manpower short- ages were being felt due to the increasing demands of war, a general rationalisation of aircraft servicing has been taking place. In parallel with the over-all national demand for economy of manpower, however, the difficulty has been magnified by the increasing cost and complexity of aircraft and their associated equipment. Moreover, since the war the policy of conscription has added to the problems of training skilled mechanics. In concert with the prevailing fashion of the times, various schemes have been developed. These have had analogous names, such as '' Planned Flying and Planned Servicing," pioneered by Dr. Gordon, a civilian scientist working in Coastal Command during the war; " Design for Easy Servicing," for which a directorate of the Air Ministry and" Ministry of Supply was set up in 1946; and " Planned Inspection of Aircraft Components'' which was developed
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