GROBS NOT GOING CIVVY
If the remaining Grob Vigilant were released on to the private market (under the LAA system) they would be flying again very soon.
This is a simple machine with a converted car engine something the LAA (PFA) have grown up with and are quite capable of organising.
Yes they may require an inspection but there is plenty of expertise out there to deal with that. Because they would only be for 'private use' the certification situation is simplified. However how could the RAF explain that these machines had to be grounded !!!!. By having them 'destroyed' it conveniently removes the awkward questions that they would have difficulty in answering. Most of the current decisions relating to the former Air Cadet gliding fleet are based on covering up the disgraceful situation that allowed a fantastic training organisation to be destroyed by incompetence and lack of tech management. The money has (still is) been spent and wasted, so why waste even more and allow this broken excuse of a system to continue to pretend it has any idea or ability to run it. Cadets will be Cadets because they want to do something and they do not need the 'burden' of incompetence to do it. Shake off the shackles of the past and start anew, i for one would happily go back and drive a winch if it helped them get going again under a different stewardship, and I suspect many others would do the same as we know what a great 'experience' and self starting 'hands on' involvement can give to youth ,who in turn can pass it on.