Originally Posted by
1.3VStall
A and C,
My "you couldn't script it" merely refers to the fact that we, the taxpayers, are shelling out over £100k per glider to get them back into service. They didn't cost anywhere near that when purchased new!
If that is not a complete nonsense, then I don't know what is.
Nonsense it may be, but a replacement fleet would cost double that per unit. Rock and a hard place.
The 'soft place' of putting them on the G-register would no doubt have seen all the fleet back in the air by now, but naturally it needs to be ensured that the TEMPEST clearance of the gliders is still valid, so we are where we are...
Like it or loathe it, in the same timeframe on the recovery, the scores stand at:
Serco - 1
Marshall's - DNF
Babcock/Southern Sailplanes - 25