Originally Posted by
BizJet
The office hiring me has a lot of complexity for their current staff. One guy is sitting at 14, isn't even a FLM and being pulled in 20 different directions.
And there are good 14 positions and bad ones. Good QOL is one or a few operators with an assistant and CMT that consists of more than just 3 people, this usually allows for more than damage-control and actually working towards aviation safety. Bad 14 positions is where they lump all sorts of complexity together and you end up with 20 or more operators that you can in no way do the appropriate surveillance and CMT management with, so you end up forever chasing your tail and operating in damage-control-mode. CMO offices tend to be the former, while FSDO offices tend to be the latter, but there are FSDO offices where the former is true as well.