Originally Posted by
Foghorn Leghorn
It wouldn’t save money. The RAF would have to entice a lot of civilian engineers to move and it’s likely many wouldn’t move. The serviceability and spares are an increasing issue.
Exactly! Both BAE and RR have no real interest in prolonging T1 at mass, if you look at the past 24 months and the support contract negotiations debacle you can see why. MOD wanting more without paying for it, in this case >T2 hrs without a compensatory reduction in T1 hrs. Besides, the Air System Safety Case (ASSC) is also a bag of nails and I'd confidently state that any current COCO provision would provide a platform whose risk is more ALARP. That's before you look at training effects.........