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Show Elimination Of TJorkin? Lenrlnr' Pnaitinti In Maintenance TJill Decrease Overhead Expanses 02 'Sold' On First Test Hop -- 1 Ft102 The -- ed i " first Dagger" repaired at Hill a FR was put back into the air nd "sold" on the first test hop. In less than six months from at Gowen he time it crash-lande- d is the Idaho, fighter Field, Boise, lhack in service, according to EnGentry, Director,' Maintenance crash-damag- ARDC ASSIGNMENT: Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Bergquist has been appointed ARDC Deputy Commander for Air Defense and is slated to ' of head the newly named named program, we must take aggressive be Defense Air integration Systems and positive steps to increase our Division. General Bergquist was efficiency," said General Robey. formerly Assistant Chief of Staff, "Elimination of working leader po- Operations, at Hq USAF. sitions will decrease our overhead UPPER CRUST A bunch of and at the same time enable us to retain a stable workforce," he crumbs held together by a lot of AholishmPYlf. nf wnrVinrv ii.: UoIai. vvuxft-uiin tne leauer, or ieaa man positions Maintenance Engineering Directorate at Hill AFB, was announced ioaay Dy lviaj. uen. jr. a. Kobey, Ogden Air Materiel Area (OOAMA) Commander. The elimination of the leader positions effective within the next 10 days is not aworking reduction in force, it was emphasized. Instead it will mean reassign-- 1 tion com oared to the other Air ment, promotion or demotion of Materiel Areas. OOAMA was 400 men lead with approximately stated. in a poor position to bid for in their own organization. new or additional AF Nearly 80 of the working leader positions will be Second Factor in abolishing lead at the foreman level. man positions is that the assign All maintenance qualified ment oi iuu time supervisors in working leaders, along with place of part time supervisors other ehgibles, will be considworking leaders) will improve ered for promotions to the new of maintenance Clara M Higgins By Page 3 HILL TOP TIMES April 4, 1958 Delta lB. management positions. The remaining positions will be Full time foreman positions have gineering. established at the journeyman leHr-e- l. been authorized in the Maintetruck The former working leaders nance Directorate in sufficient Hauled in on an Air Force last November, the sleek, supers- will follow Civil Service ... retreating quantities to allow for basic mani defense fighter, or Dumping rignts in agement tasks, such as job schedonic, first-lin- e procedures J.1 Pfll! xnese was repaired in the Maintenance jods. uling, material programming, and user af- lining Abolishment of the working lead- supervision. Shops and accepted by its This will result in increased proter just one test flight, the Colonel er positions was influenced bv two basic factors. First, the ratio of ductive output at less cost. Most of those to be reduced supervisors to workers in the The "bird" received major maintenance directorate was high. to journeyman pay will take makwhile structural damage This resulted in a high supervisory some reduction in pay since the at the or overneaa cost. ing a routine landing a tire top pay s'tep of their grade will when Boise Air Base be lower than their wages as a General Consequently, Robey blew out causing extensive "OOAMA was beout, working leader. pointed and damage to the right wing out of the mar"If Hill AFB is to survive as priced ing landing gear assembly. a of cost to due ket permanent part of the Air Force produc high the damaere disv,at t.Vt a '"'aircraft could be u""w reDaired and put back into service a iV u.. Defense (jommano. UV 1 Ll dough. RISK NtlMRMD . MUTUAl INSURANCI NON-DRINKE- RS AUTO INSURANCE AT REDUC1D RATH YOUR DOLLAR BUYS MORE PROTECTION With Preferred's new Plus Policy, merit discounts UP TO 25. Save on Auto, Fire and Life Ins., with Safety! 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Since the repair of this ship naw a tools, dyes, and fixtures had. to be planned and assemDieu before the actual repair work could begin. urn c? , j.VioinloH for romoletion the of March,, it was flown thennn Aav over the schedofv. uled time, which is a fine example 24th Vi Wit inmTit' "' FiU-W- sphermiinor acconi- this aircraft," the Col plished on onel said. flown . byi Tkn Tin ctcrav was U"6S" " Major William Duncan, Chief, Flight Test Division, a veierau, Two piece Living Room hours in the air. Ha tuk tho flrhtr UD and PUt H fhrnntrh its nnces Over the Great Salt Lake for more than fir fttTOf X 3AA &'7 ' an hour. perfectly." the Major said. "For an aircraft to check out OK on the first hop is nnifo unusual " Via added. ' but in dicative of the high quality workon manship being accomplished aircrait at this Dase." says that marriage loyalty, tolerance, un-aand lot of other things you wouldn't need it you'd stayed single. 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