Warloc, who was CiC for the Allies, got called into work near the last minute and asked me to handle things.
"The orders are done and everyone knows what they are doing," he said.
"Shure, no problem," I reply.
After all, what could be better than Germany in the winter? There is skiing and sleigh rides. Snopes and brandy. Warm fires in the fire places and warm fraus in the…kitchens. Yea, that's it, in the kitchens making strudel.
So I figured I better get familiar with the orders; but upon reviewing the Objectives, it was discovered that the aircraft where assigned to specific bases and the orders had the wrong fields. I had about 3 hours to blast out an email before the start of the frame.
Some squads had already drawn up some elaborate plans to handle their portion of the orders and that was now all out the window. I was expecting complete bedlam at the start of the frame but it turned out to be a fairly normal CiC duty in the end.
Thanks everyone for your professionalism in adjusting to the last minute changes.
MachNix
XO, 1841 FAA
