The Link seems to back up Totalwar's comment.
It seems that by closing StM will mean losing 175 military jobs and 40 Civilian jobs. That can't possibly be true though. Surely there are more that 175 servicemen at StM and there just has to be more than 40 Civilians. If those figures are a true reflection and IF StM was being run by just over 200 people then it clearly was a scandalous waste of money....
whats worse is the fact that with only 175 service men the place was run by a Group captain !!!!!....Good god. Anything else the RAF can waste money on?????
Now, Ive got a question for serving RAF Officers. Would you (as a cost cutting measure) relinquish your rank to the next one down in order to save money? I.E. If you were an Air Commodore and you believed your job could be done by a Group Captain would you put your hand up and relinquish your rank?
This is a serious question as I have heard a rumour that a certain Naval Officer has done just that.