Originally Posted by
SamYeager
The impression that I get from various sources is that getting extra of anything runs into the problem of providing crew to actually use the extra resources be they frigates, destroyers or submarines.
That is certainly true of the RFA which is why they've just voted to go on strike. The RFA has a major retention issue, largely to do with erosion of T&Cs of employment, which is why they have major crew shortages and is why half the fleet is actually laid up.
But that's all down to "the carriers", obvs.