The blinkered enthusiasm of Moglington shows a career-minded individual who believes there is a chance to move up the Officer rank structure if the right words are spoken. The reality is that support for aircraft is not what it should be in what are known as DLODs = Defence Lines of Development. DLODs are sub-divided into TEPIDOIL = Training; Equipment; Personnel; Infrastructure; Doctrine; Organisation; Information; Logistics. Presentationally, the likes of Moglington want all of these elements to be GREEN on the inevitable PowerPoint slide. We all know on PRuNE that GREEN was the ultimate colour [I know about Master Green] but, like the RAF Fitness Test, BLUE has been introduced as better than GREEN. However, most still see GREEN as being meeting the standard and the standard has quietly shifted so GREEN is really YELLOW.
Training and Personnel relies on people; Equipment, Infrastructure and Logistics relies on money. Information needs both. If you have not enough of either people or money, change the Doctrine and the Organisation. What is happening, and has been commented on very candidly by both serving and former serving personnel, is the latter two points of the DLOD. Standing up 'ghost squadrons' on dilapidated airfields where too many aircraft are being co-located, with Head of Establishment posts as non-aviation Stn Cdrs to allow the gender balance to manifest itself, and changing the junior rank structure to apparently appeal to tomorrow's recruits, is all smoke and mirrors to disguise the shocking state of the other 6 DLODs.
When a fully-costed programme is handed over with the statement "You have to save £x billions" and "No, you cannot have anyone recruited to fill the JPANs", the Air System as defined by Moglington is destined to crash and burn.
"Titanic" and "deck chairs" comes to mind.