mw-dont know who you spoke to but another individual told me we had missed the boat for that part of the contract change. We should n't need additional tankers since the numbers were based on a much larger no of receivers anyway. As for keeping some ac grey only-what affect does/would that have on ac rotation throughout the contract period ?
Easy-cant see why the Dutch would want a 2 pt probe and drogue tanker since their FJ fleet is boom. The one nation that I did hear spoken about was Spain but that seems to have gone quiet. From what I gather it is all too late without a lot of dosh being spent (contact renewal, mods etc, additional training etc) and I cant see that happening anytime soon.
Bottom line as far as I can see is that we are stuck in our present situation and no government is going to auth the extra dosh to rectify things (except comrade Jeremy who has promised to bring PFI's back into public ownership).