Cheers Green.
One of the questions I had recently at my VR(T) commisioning board was "How can you justify the ATC in this time of defence cuts?", so I did have a pat answer ready!
What about the VGS's, don't think they have been mentioned yet. Dare say they cost quite a bit each year to run, any thoughts??
I say keep them. It gives me something to do at weekends (like paperwork etc!). It will be a sad day if VGS were scrapped.
The ATC is the worlds biggest gliding organisation. Lets keep it this way.
I was sad when they sold the Valiants
and would happily welcome a few single seaters back into the VGS world (although I do agree that it doesn't fall in line with the bean counters view of things).
It is a shame that the MOD has to sell/cut back on assets to gain the cash to pay for something that is running over budget/overtime etc. What ever happened to smart procurement!
Rant over
