think of a cross between edward scissorhands and mad max(beyond thunderdome)
Netheravon (Nethers) Rated 1 by:
fedykin
on 2005-08-21
Pros: if your serving military it can be relatively cheap
Cons: read below
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a couple of years ago(2003) nethers by one means or another got its act together and started to resemble an progressive dropzone!
but- the state of things now is somewhat different...
the managment is either absent of disintrested most of the time and the lower level staff have been given no motivation whatsover to help things turn around. (they cut all of the Staff incentives this year for them to contribute to productivity and the general feel of the center).
the location is probably the most ideal, for kite surfing in the UK (on top of a hill in the middle of a plain) ( Edward Sissor hand house, Ref)
they just cant get thier act together and frankly dont seem particularly concerned, i think its partly due to the confusing nature of the organisation ie... APA, JSPC, Pilots, and anyother Tom Dick or Harry all thinking that they have exclusive controll of the center.
despite recent efforts the manifest system is achaic and ineffiecent. They actively recruit and retain staff there that are totaly unsuited for the basic task of writing a manifest and communicazting with DZ control. If they cannot cope the window gets slammed in your face so they can have a little breather from the high stress environment of running a manifest!! Fair one!
its not a case of bad managment or leadership, its a clear cut case of NO managment or leadership
just because someone has made the right jestures, nudge nudge wink wink, doesnt neccesarily mean that they are capable of running a comercial operation(business backround, hmmmm....)
its almost bizare in the fatalistic view of some of the people(IMSHALA like) in the senior staff, if things dont turn effciciently its gods will not due to any action or inaction on thier part.
this all leads to apathy with the staff
dissillusioned jumpers going somewhere else I.e. enduring a drive up north to jump where people are actualy interested in skydiving.
if they could get thier act together then id be more than happy to comeback, but to be honest I dont think that;ll happen in my life time.
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