Clarification around at Sea.
'At sea' is the declared time and date of the patrol which may include time alongside or at anchor as necessity demands...being 'under way' is not a requirement.
Agreed, but believe it or not its not the first time the NS has been in this position.
The people with control of the public sector pay are responsible, but the problem is bigger than the DF and as Public / Civil servants they cannot be paid what they actually need to get the services back up to par.
The reduction in Public sector pay back in 2010 through pension levies and wage cuts is what has us where we are.
'At sea' is the declared time and date of the patrol which may include time alongside or at anchor as necessity demands...being 'under way' is not a requirement.
As for the manning crisis, a good commander must make the best use of the available resources but the gap does not seem to get smaller. The NS reached a point last year where the gap fill method was not enough. Thus two ships put into reserve due to lack of crew, but the downward spiral continues. This crisis has not suddenly come upon the Services but has been a long slow decline which is now reaching a tipping point. Unless something radical changes I fear more and more ships will be put into reserve
The people with control of the public sector pay are responsible, but the problem is bigger than the DF and as Public / Civil servants they cannot be paid what they actually need to get the services back up to par.
The reduction in Public sector pay back in 2010 through pension levies and wage cuts is what has us where we are.
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