No sour grapes here just the facts
Just to be clear on this, I have no issues with the charity getting some free machines, but as they only wanted about half a dozen one has to ask why they were given the entire fleet !!.
The proposed 're-engineering' of the machine is a complete economical nonsense, and only highlights what a appalling decision the authorities made. Just look at what the Cadets got out of all this, :- NOTHING, and what did they loose,:- the effective break up of a World Class training organisation that had given over seven decades of hands on flying training by a very capable mainly civilian volunteer force. Lets be quite clear about this, it was a national disgrace, a complete shafting of a respected youth organisation, a cover up of the highest degree, and a financial deal that would not pass scrutiny outside of the military overlords. They only get away with it because in the great scheme of things the Government and Country at large now have rather more serious issues that have to be addressed.