Originally Posted by
pr00ne
Avionker,
And in 2019 the RAF is still involved in 1st, 2nd and 3rd line engineering, it still has RAF stewards and Chefs, and it has been contracting out services since before the second world war.
In vastly smaller numbers though, or am I mistaken? When I was in I could have been posted 1st line, 2nd line to an Avionics bay or Rects section. Third line carrying out Minors and Majors, to Sealand or to a variety of special posts including Service Software teams. How many of those posts still exist?
Virtually every mess I knew off or used was staffed by service personnel with a handful of civilians. Is the same true now?
There is a difference between supplementing and replacing. Which path would you say the MoD has chosen to take?