ASHA Newsletter: May 2012

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ASHA NEWSLETTER ISSUE of May 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 Dean*
SDO Europe ??? Deputy Division Commander Roger Dean*
SDO Asia 1 ??? Major John Iverson
SDO Asia 2 ??? Vacant
SDO Middle East ??? AS President Norm Edwards*
SDO Oceania- ??? Major John Iverson*

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

* temporary assignments until an SDO can be found


Report of the commander

Greetings everyone and welcome to the ASHA News. This is the newsletter of the month May 2012.

The statistics show a little increase in flights and hours, but they still are not the level of the first months of 2012. Below you see some statistics of the two months. First you see the numbers of May and between parentheses April.

Usage of the day in hours: 1.6 (1.5)
Average flight in hours: 4.0 (3.2)
Hours/month: 1202.8 (1109.1)
Hours/month only by SDOs: 391.2 (310.3)
Hours/month only by pilots: 811.6 (798)
Flights/month: 297 (347)
Flights/month only by SDOs: 95 (108)
Flights/month only by pilots: 202 (239)

The SDOs and Wing Commanders made almost the same number of missions and some flights more. This is very good because there were several vacancies and we had to work with temporary assignments.
Well done Guys!!

Missions: 3 (3)
Flights: 152 (132)

Also promotions and awards are minimal, but that???s mostly depending on the numbers of flights or hours the pilots fly during this month and the previous month..

But let???s conclude:
It was an on-going month with a lot of effort of the few SDOs with a lot of temporary replacements.
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 May 2012 were:


Pilot AS 617 Jim Sims, promoted to A-6 Eagle on 19 May 2012
Pilot AS 187 Robert Poisson, promoted to A-4 Chameleon on 7 May 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 May 2012:
ASHA 2500 hours John Iverson Issued: 19 May 2012
ASHA 300 hours Robert Poisson Issued: 19 May 2012
ASHA 150 hours Jim Sims Issued: 19 May 2012
ASHA op.earth Rix Baxter Issued: 31 May 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 May 2012 with sometimes the usage of more aircrafts in one operation:
Epidemic in the Philippines
24 May 2012 9:16:00 AM UTC John Iverson [ASHA SDO]
ASHA HELPS INDIA
22 May 2012 7:34:00 AM UTC John Iverson [ASHA SDO]
Italian Earthquake Relief
22 May 2012 5:28:00 AM UTC John Iverson [ASHA SDO]
MID-WEST WILDFIRES
20 May 2012 2:50:00 PM UTC Steve Klinebriel [ASHA SDO]
ASHA ASSIST WITH FLORIDA WILDFIRES
18 May 2012 6:03:00 PM UTC Steve Klinebriel [ASHA SDO]
ASHA BRONCO GOES LOW LEVEL!
10 May 2012 10:12:00 AM UTC Norm Edwards [AirSource President EMT]
ASHA: HORN OF AFRICA FOOD RELIEF
7 May 2012 11:22:00 PM UTC Ian Guenther [ASHA Wing Commander]
ASIA BASE RESTOCK/RESUPPLY EFFORT
1 May 2012 6:55:00 AM UTC John Iverson [ASHA SDO]


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
May 2012: 1202.8

Current Balance in ASHA Account: $3,269,424,313.08 (was in April $3,244,653,174.36)