ASHA Newsletter: February 2012

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ASHA NEWSLETTER ISSUE of February 2012
Command Team

ASHA Division Commander- Henk van de Meeberg, EMT
Deputy Division Commander ??? Roger Dean
Chief of Staff ??? VACANT
ASHA Computer Ops - Major Tom Little

Region A Wing Commander (Europe) - Wing Commander Roger Pilgrem
SDO Europe ??? Lieutenant John Iverson
SDO Asia 1 ??? Wing Commander Roger Pilgrem
SDO Asia 2 ??? Vacant
SDO Middle East ??? Wing Commander Roger Pilgrem / Lieutenant John Iverson
SDO Oceania- Wing Commander Roger Pilgrem / Lieutenant John Iverson

Region B Wing Commander (North America) - Wing Commander Ian Guenther
SDO North America ??? Major Steve Klinebriel
SDO Africa1 ??? Wing Commander Ian Guenther
SDO Africa2 ??? Vacant
SDO South America ??? Major Mike Padget


Report of the commander

Greetings everyone and welcome to the ASHA News. This is the already the newsletter of the month February 2012.
February was a little bit short, only 29 days, but the results of all the work of the SDOs and flying in general was good. Below you see some statistics of the two months and you see that especially the pilots flied less during February. First you see the number of February and between parentheses January.


Usage of the day in hours: 2.0 (2.3)
Average flight in hours: 3.4 (3.1)
Hours/month: 1,399.7 (1,732.5)
Hours/month only by SDOs: 864.1 (811.3)
Hours/month only by pilots: 535.6 (921.2)
Flights/month: 411 (560)
Flights/month only by SDOs: 321 (270)
Flights/month only by pilots: 180 (290)

The SDOs and Wing Commanders did a wonderful job again. Without all their hard work and dedication none of this would be possible. Below you see what they created (between parentheses the number of January):

Missions: 18 (12)
Flights: 294 (248)

Also promotions and awards are minimal, but during January you probably saw the result of all the flying during the days of Christmas and New Year, while February was a quiet month.
We will see what March is bringing.

A personal remark: I was very surprised and honoured getting the highest AirSource Award, the AirSource Honour Medal, together with my colleague Mark Richards, Vice President Bid Flight Division. Thanks again for this award.
And thanks to all of you, the ASHA pilots, who continue to fly our flights within the Division. Your dedication and effort is what keeps us going when times get tough. Remember that we are trying to provide relief for worldwide disasters, even though in a simulated world.


PERSONNEL PROMOTIONS

Promotions since 1 February 2012 were:
Pilot AS 626 Robert Flanagan, promoted to A-2 Runner on 29 February 2012.
Pilot AS 614 Adel Gamoudi, promoted to A-2 Runner on 15 February 2012.

Congratulations guys on your promotions. If you are unsure whether you meet the prerequisites for promotion, take a look at the promotion qualification posting in the ASHA Division (here: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2931 )

ASHA AWARDS

The following awards were granted during the month of January 2012:
ASHA 8000 hours Roger Dean Issued: 20 Feb
ASHA 150 hours Jose Carlos Kokol Issued: 20 Feb 2012
ASHA pilot Jay Allen Issued: 2 Feb 2012

For those wondering what you need to do to earn logbook ribbons check out the forum posting here :>
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=939

OPERATIONS

The following operations were launched during the month of February 2012:
ASHA ADMINISTRATION RESUPPLY
1 February 2012 12:20:00 PM UTC Roger Pilgrem [ASHA Wing Commander]
UKRAINE COLD WAVE
1 February 2012 2:20:00 PM UTC John Iverson [SDO]
ASHA to assist Paraguayan Food Drought
2 February 2012 6:38:00 AM UTC Mike Padgett [ASHA SDO]
EUROPE COLD WAVE
2 February 2012 7:59:00 AM UTC John Iverson [ASHA SDO]
ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT MOVE
2 February 2012 11:45:00 AM UTC John Iverson [ASHA SDO]
SOUTH CENTRAL US TORNADOS
2 February 2012 5:00:00 PM UTC Steve Klinebriel [ASHA SDO]
AUSTRAILIA FLOODS
3 February 2012 1:26:00 PM UTC John Iverson [ASHA SDO]
ASHA HELPS THE PHILIPPINES AGAIN
7 February 2012 2:39:00 PM UTC Roger Pilgrem [ASHA Wing Commander]
BULGARIA FLOOD
9 February 2012 12:45:00 PM UTC John Iverson [ASHA SDO]
MORE HELP TO THE PHILIPPINES
18 February 2012 3:10:00 AM UTC Roger Pilgrem [ASHA Wing Commander]
CYCLONE GIOVANNA HITS MADAGASCAR
18 February 2012 5:18:00 PM UTC Ian Guenther [ASHA Wing Commander]
EASTERN N.AMERICA QUAKE STUDY
19 February 2012 3:03:00 PM UTC Steve Klinebriel [ASHA SDO]
UNREST IN NORTHERN MALI
20 February 2012 12:25:00 AM UTC Ian Guenther [ASHA Wing Commander]
AERIAL SURVEYING IN KENYA AND ETHIOPIA
21 February 2012 12:39:00 AM UTC Ian Guenther [ASHA Wing Commander]
Great Lakes Environmental Research
24 February 2012 3:36:00 PM UTC Steve Klinebriel [ASHA SDO]
FIGHTING INTENSIFIES IN NORTHERN MALI
24 February 2012 11:52:00 PM UTC Ian Guenther [ASHA Wing Commander]
ASHA HELPS INDONESIA
27 February 2012 8:50:00 AM UTC Roger Pilgrem [ASHA Wing Commander]

STATISTICS CORNER

Flying Hours. These are the monthly flying hours for the Division over the last 13 month:

January 2011: 1737.9
February 2011: 1397.9
March 2011: 1639.5
April 2011: 1432.5
May 2011: 1340.5
June 2011: 864.6
July 2011: 840.8
August 2011: 953.6
September 2011: 836.8
October 2011: 1,026.7
November 2011: 1,134.9
December 2011: 1,085.6
January 2012: 1732.5
February 2012: 1399.7

Current Balance in ASHA Account: $3,181,994,571.30 (was in February: $3,143,174,579.97 )