Oct 2011:

   Tour of Saudi Arabia

This month started with a quick visit to Toulouse for an upgrade audit on a global American Company. These upgrade audits to AS 9100 Rev C are becoming the routine audit at the moment but each one is taking much more time than previously and is contributing to a shortage of auditing time before the deadline of 1 July 2012. My wife and I went on a well deserved holiday for 1 week to Morocco which we found to be a fascinating country although the numbers of tourists were limited in number. I well liked the compromise where you could be served alcohol if you were not in line of sight of a mosque! An extensive tour of Jeddah and Riyadh saw me do a major AS 9110 upgrade and another AS 9110 1st stage audit in preparation of the 2nd stag audit next year. Consultancy work was limited to agreeing with a marketing company a plan of work for the next 2 months in time for me to act on recommendations later in the year. My application to be a volunteer at the London Olympics has gone 1 step further with an interview in London to be part of the driving team.