Oh right - thats what this country needs to do!
Tell the tens of thousands of teenagers who actually do get off their backside, polish their shoes and participate in a bit of disciplined training every week that - actually - you should all hand back your uniforms and sod off to the towns street corners or hang around the shopping precinct swiging cans of cider and scaring old people instead. We *need* to save a massive £8m....
I'd see the Red Arrows gone before the Air Training Corps any day.
Pretty much my sentiment. Yup, the ATC isnt a recruiting tool (IIRC more cadets become pongo ruperts than RAF Officers). But is helps the local community. It is one of the few things that the government have got right, and they are commited to funding the cadet corps, and happy to do so.