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Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2015, 18:26
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Well that's the SDSR sorted, what do the various...

Well that's the SDSR sorted, what do the various SDSR teams do now? At least this time the SDSR will be based on yesterday's war rather than deficit reduction like the last Review. Still nothing...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2015, 12:12
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

I don't think it's a coincidence that that...

I don't think it's a coincidence that that particular line of questioning on QT was followed up by this article in the DT today, fleshing out some of the numbers I posted in an earlier post:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2015, 17:19
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

I'm fairly sure we're on the same page Courtney,...

I'm fairly sure we're on the same page Courtney, but if they do reduce numbers at what point does the programme become operationally non-viable? Half a dozen airframes on a 60,000T carrier would look...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2015, 15:07
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Courtney, I think you're right on the JSF,...

Courtney,

I think you're right on the JSF, even with all the questions - on both sides of the Atlantic - about whether it's the right platform. However, just look at what they did to Nimrod -...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2015, 14:08
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Willard, have a look here: House of Commons...

Willard, have a look here:

House of Commons - The Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2014-15 - Defence Committee (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmdfence/469/46904.htm)
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2015, 13:10
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

I'm not aware that there's any xenophobia (or...

I'm not aware that there's any xenophobia (or racism) here. The recent posts have not displayed any deep rooted and irrational fear of foreigners, or expressed any notion that one nation or race is...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2015, 20:45
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

It would appear that the following were the top...

It would appear that the following were the top 20 recipients of UK aid in 2013:

Pakistan, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Afghanistan, DROC, Kenya, Tanzania, Syria, South Sudan, Malawi,...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2015, 22:30
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

At the risk of being a complete doom merchant,...

At the risk of being a complete doom merchant, Osborne is vehemently against the principle of incremental pay - aren't the armed forces one if the only public sector bodies still to receive it? And...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th May 2015, 17:20
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

SDSR 15

I think the best we can hope for is an SDSR that is a progress check towards FF2020. Any radical changes would risk undoing all the work already done and nullify previous assumptions.

And I...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2015, 16:48
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

I don't think "the Nasty Party" will have...

I don't think "the Nasty Party" will have anything to do with impending cuts. As High Spirits notes, defence would be in the firing line whichever party won last night. Although I wouldn't be...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2015, 22:07
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

A good friend in the Army is short finals to get...

A good friend in the Army is short finals to get out having seen his relatively junior (second tourist) wife be head hunted by the city after going a careers fair just to see what was out there after...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2015, 06:11
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

5F6B, Correct, no reserve band for...

5F6B,

Correct, no reserve band for fg-related posts was indeed what we were thinking amongst other fairly unpalatable scenarios.

As for the 737 AEWC platform not being well thought of, I can't...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2015, 22:24
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

I agree, the good will tank is empty and many of...

I agree, the good will tank is empty and many of the things on my list would be the final straw for some.

However I refer the honourable gentleman to the second and third order effects I noted...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2015, 22:03
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Photo planet, I'm not sure on Sandhurst. If...

Photo planet,

I'm not sure on Sandhurst. If it were a precursor to a Defence Force style structure, then a new facility along the lines of a Junior Shrivenham - Shrivenham Secondary School if you...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2015, 20:43
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

So with a little over a week to go until D-Day,...

So with a little over a week to go until D-Day, what's the latest thinking on where the axe will fall and how deeply will it cut? Working on the assumption that Defence will be required to...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2015, 11:11
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

JTO, A very interesting move, albeit of not...

JTO,

A very interesting move, albeit of not much immediate use in the Ukraine debacle. However, I would be surprised if it did any more than raise eyebrows amongst the odd policy wonk on board...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2015, 16:39
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Shaping up nicely to be a NHS v Defence election....

Shaping up nicely to be a NHS v Defence election. So we'll lose it - brace for impact.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2015, 14:35
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Torque of the Devil, Just paraphrasing...

Torque of the Devil,

Just paraphrasing Philip Hammond's statement from last weekend on the Andrew Marr Show:

"Mr Hammond, a former defence secretary, told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: Mr Cameron...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2015, 12:21
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

I still don't see any commitment from Osborne to...

I still don't see any commitment from Osborne to meeting the 2% NATO targets. Apparently all he has committed to is "keeping the country safe".

So if the PM is commited to no further cuts in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2015, 20:15
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Surely it must irritate more than a little that...

Surely it must irritate more than a little that as an island nation we even have to consider that?

It's all well and good saying let's throw our hat in the ring with a NATO or Euro force, but what...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2015, 16:06
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

I will conceded that point kintyred, but...

I will conceded that point kintyred, but unfortunately the validity of his point is lost in the parochialism oozing out of almost every word he utters or writes to an extent that undermines his...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2015, 14:42
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Martin, Because the man is a blithering...

Martin,

Because the man is a blithering idiot, offering a very narrow and tactical "junior officer perspective" - their words not mine - I'd be irritated if I were a junior officer being compared...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2015, 11:33
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Without the UK, just a collection of flowery...

Without the UK, just a collection of flowery uniforms and gold braid hung over the back of the chair at a long lunch.

With the UK, the way things are panning out, not much better. When you've all...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2015, 11:20
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

A depressing read in the a Telegraph, but most...

A depressing read in the a Telegraph, but most likely to be cherry picking the worst case scenario as that particular paper has been making a real push for defence to be recognised as an issue in...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2015, 20:22
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Skydiver, You're right, I can't argue with...

Skydiver,

You're right, I can't argue with anything you've just said. Doesn't make it anymore palatable though. And that's what makes me so unspeakably angry about this whole scenario. We aren't...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2015, 19:54
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Has anybody else noticed that the line that has...

Has anybody else noticed that the line that has traditionally been trotted out by Cameron et al, namely that we have the fourth largest defence budget in the world, has been strangely absent of late?...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2015, 23:23
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Britain is becoming a friend who can't be trusted, says top US general

Well there's no sitting on the fence by Gen Odierno with those remarks is there.

Britain is becoming a friend who can't be trusted, says top US general - Telegraph...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2015, 22:02
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Kitbag, I have - hence my comment. Rather...

Kitbag, I have - hence my comment.

Rather than having to go to DIO to convert or build new MPA sqn and msn spt buildings, extend messes etc, my point was that re-rolling an existing sqn into an...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2015, 22:30
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Whilst I don't agree with kitbag that there's no...

Whilst I don't agree with kitbag that there's no appetite to reconstitute the MPA capability, especially in light of the very embarrassing public exposure of our capability gaps, I do think the point...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2015, 23:57
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Not been to Waddington for a while ..... Just how...

Not been to Waddington for a while ..... Just how much more space is left there? Can you really shoe horn another sqn in? And what's the transit time to the likely areas of operation? Doesn't really...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2015, 21:42
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Party Animal, Agreed, but I just can't see...

Party Animal,

Agreed, but I just can't see how, in the current climate that we will ever regain the sort of MPA capability we once had and will probably - and unfortunately - have to rely on...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2015, 11:15
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Maybe for P8s, but if you're looking for a more...

Maybe for P8s, but if you're looking for a more immediate fix and can't wait in the P8 queue, then it may be time to consider capability rather than platform and see what that throws up. Just some...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2015, 14:36
Replies: 416
Views: 139,035
Posted By Melchett01

Cameron has already admitted there's a chance...

Cameron has already admitted there's a chance that Defence spending could well drop below the 2% threshold, most recently on the Andrew Marr show if the article in the Telegraph is correct
...
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