The thought of flying around in 36 ship formations
JATFOR and 36 ship formations were OK when the weather was good - it was when you ran into bad weather and had to abort the low level that things became scary. I remember incredibly convoluted penetration and scatter plans all of which involved 36 aircraft suddenly popping up on Mil Radar and asking for assistance. Mind you that was nowhere near as hectic as having 3 separate streams of aircraft, Argosy, Hastings and Beverley all flying at different speeds on different routes and (in theory) slotting in one behind the other at an initial approach point. It was quite normal for the Beverleys to arrive at the IAP while the Hasting stream were still going past and having to do an orbit prior to slotting in behind them.