Originally Posted by
BEagle
No Bob, I for one am not It is too much, too soon and I suspect the real reason is cost. MoD cannot afford enough flight time in 5th generation jets.
Also, what will the groundcrew be doing if the aircrew are spending so much time in the box?
A surge requirement will never be achieved with so much box time whilst real-life core skills are atrophying.
It looks like we are reducing the current 86 ground trades down to 11 so I guess what will the ground crew be doing is going to be answered very soon!