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 ??? Major 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 newsletter of the month April 2012.
First of all the Command Team, as presented above, is changed in the month of April.
Unfortunately Roger Pilgrem has become very ill, and had to resign. Then Steve Klinebriel had to step down a while because real life things precede. We had to rearrange the positions within the ASHA team and I???m very happy that everybody was willing to take some extra or other tasks to continue everything. A few positions are temporary. This all happened during the last weeks of April and again thanks to all the team members for their cooperation in this difficult time.
The new responsibilities and tasks are now:
Wing A Europe (Roger Dean, Wing Commander)*
- Europe (Roger Dean, SDO)*
- Middle East (Norm Edwards, SDO)*
- Asia (John Iverson, SDO)
- Oceania (John Iverson, SDO)*
- Henk van de Meeberg helps Europe or Oceania if necessary*
Wing B America/Africa (Ian Guenther, Wing Commander)
- North America (Mike Padgett, SDO)*
- South America (Mike Padgett, SDO)
- Africa (Ian Guenther, SDO)
* temporary assignments until an SDO can be found
After the bad month of March, April shows almost the same. The total flying hours increased, but it is still not the level of the first months of 2012.
Below you see some statistics of the two months. First you see the numbers of April and between parentheses March.
Usage of the day in hours: 1.5 (0.9)
Average flight in hours: 3.2 (2.4)
Hours/month: 1109.1 (651.
Hours/month only by SDOs: 310.3 (396.1)
Hours/month only by pilots: 798.8 (255.7)
Flights/month: 270 (411)
Flights/month only by SDOs: 125 (321)
Flights/month only by pilots: 145 (180)
The SDOs and Wing Commanders did their job again, but almost at the same level as the previous month. Below you see what they created in April (between parentheses the number of March):
Missions: 9 (9)
Flights: 132 (143)
Also promotions and awards are minimal, but that???s mostly depending on the numbers of flights or hours the pilots fly during this and the previous month..
But let???s conclude:
It was again one of the lowest months looking at the statistics.
A special call: Pilots! If you want to help this wonderful ASHA division, don???t hesitate and give me a message.
You???ve seen that we need new SDOs in the team!!!!!
PERSONNEL PROMOTIONS
Promotions during April 2012 were:
Pilot AS 521 William Wells, promoted to A-2 Runner on 12 April 2012
Pilot AS 626 Robert Flanagan, promoted to A-3 Hawk on 3 April 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 op.classics Steve Mahan Issued: 12 Apr 2012
ASHA op.earth Robert Flanagan Issued: 28 Apr 2012
ASHA op.flood Ed Bleck Issued: 23 Apr 2012
ASHA op.admin Robbo Fuller Issued: 18 Apr 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 March 2012 with sometimes the usage of more aircrafts in one operation:
STRONG RAINS LASH COMOROS
29 April 2012 5:18:00 PM UTC Ian Guenther [ASHA Wing Commander]
ASHA DEPLOYS TO SYRIA
27 April 2012 6:26:00 AM UTC Norm Edwards [AirSource President EMT]
ASHA: Great Plains tornado outbreak
21 April 2012 3:42:00 PM UTC Ian Guenther [ASHA Wing Commander]
ASHA HELPS CHINA
14 April 2012 8:57:00 AM UTC Roger Pilgrem [ASHA Wing Commander]
ASHA HELPS THE MALDIVES
9 April 2012 3:43:00 AM UTC Roger Pilgrem [ASHA Wing Commander]
ASHA HELPS THE PHILIPPINES
5 April 2012 10:20:00 AM UTC Roger Pilgrem [ASHA Wing Commander]
ASHA HELPS FIJI
2 April 2012 8:45:00 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
March 2012: 651.8
April 2012: 1109.1
Current Balance in ASHA Account: $3,244,653,174.36 (was in March: $3,211,366,938.800)
