For recruitment I think you would do much better (and far cheaper) by funding a Chinook (and crew) to constantly make school visits.
Imagine all the school kids lined up on the playing fields , Cab arrives and does a little demo - make it fun and show a few tac skills and a couple of bods abseiling out the back.
then land and out the back jumps the career guys signing everyone up!
Try and find a local lad in the aircrew so the kids can relate and imagine that could be me - he gives a bit of a speech to say so.
Perhaps the top science class can have a quick 5 minutes trip?
It would cost a fraction of the Reds and I'm sure would be more engaging for most.
Thoughts?
Google tells me there are 4000 secondary schools in the UK - so if there were 5 visits a day- that would be 1000 a year with 200 days on the job - kids would most likely see the aircraft during their education
Last edited by typerated; 7th Dec 2019 at 18:39.