Re: Coincidentally...
>The local acting DBA would probably have had a good response if he dared use it: "Why don't you send me on a training course?".
That is a high risk strategy that could backfire badly. Management might get the idea that they have gotten so far with incompetent DBAs that they might just as well fire him and hire in our friend Anonymous DBA whenever the need would arise. And since slimming down the work force could net them a bonus I'd say the DBA would be heading for a role as the second part of a three course meal with an apple in his mouth.