AIRCRAFT TO SUPPORT RATIO
SF
Glad to see someone in the RAF is waking up to the amazing aircraft to support ratios prevalent in the RAF. I can only make comparisons with the helicopter fleets where the Army operate a one to ten ratio which includes aircrew, technicians, groundcrew and all the cooks and bottle washers. The RAF ratio in one to thirty. I'm just talking first line here. Please don't enter the arguement with RAF aircraft are more complex etc the Chinook is an empty box, OK a big empty box, the Merlin and Puma are smaller empty boxes without sighting or weapon systems. The RAF could make a start at rationalising the number of engineering trades.
LB