Monday, April 27, 2009

What a difference a year makes

Well, it is hard to believe, but today marks the the first anniversary of my job with General Electric Aviation. One year ago today, my "retirement" ended and my career as a civilian began. It was a pretty amazing year and it seems like I started working for GE a couple of weeks ago. I have learned a lot about aviation design, and how to work within the GE system to get things done. The corporate culture of GE is very similar to the Navy's culture. That part of my transition was pretty easy. However, I had to learn a whole new language of acronyms. Here is a partial list:

PDR
CDR
JA
PSSA
FAI
BIT
AVSI
FMECA
MTBF
CALCE
HFE
SOW
HHA
HALT
RET
SDRL
HASS
SSR
CDRL

The list goes on, but I think you see my point about learning a new language. It has been an amazing year and I am looking forward to the challenges of Year Two.

4 comments:

Big Johnny said...

Get in there and get that stock price moving.....

Sincerely,

Angry Shareholder

Lisa said...

I don't see BYOB on that list. Hmmm....

L.

Paul's Blog said...

L,
I kept a bottle of whiskey in my desk at my last job. Then again, I was the king, so who could question me? I do not think that the General would be quite so kind if I kept a flask in my desk in the cubefarm in which I work!

PK

Chris said...

Hey bubba does the General have the equivalent of the DICNAVAB?