If recruiting is such a problem and we all know it is, (not just with the FAA) why not get the insurers/policy boys at MOD to allow school visits in aircraft without the fear of parliamentary questions or ridiculously high premiums.
Why not have a flight or a rolling commitment shared by squadrons to do the summer fetes/county shows, drop off the marines parachuting team and coordinate with local sea cadets/RNR units and recruiting offices.
Lets reinstate DNR Flight and do the job properly. All these badges on overalls will merely make us look like bl**dy ambulancemen on Holby City!
Whilst I am on the recruiting theme, we could focus the sterling efforts of the recruiters more on the potential and needs of the inividual rather than have them persuade enthusiastic youngsters sign up for an unsuitable career merely to meet a performance target. A number of friends' teenagers have been given advice which, when investigatd on the 'inside', was quite inappropriate to their aspirations and abilities. The fall out from these errors is a far bigger negative than can be corrected by wearing badges and logos.