Getting back to the original argument.
I agree the CRC will stand up and everything else will go to the four winds. What about the School of Fighter Control? Still scheduled to move by 2010. The whole thing is, IMHO, a farce. We have, for the first time in decades, got a more or less purpose built environment at Boulmer which is STILL being finished off and we are closing it to go back into 2nd world war accom. Its crass, sends the wrong message and is causing a great deal of irritation around the houses.
This has been an ill thought out venture from the start. Costs are prohibitve at the moment and the end state will be far removed from the original intention.
Keep Boulmer as the 24 hour CRC, keep the SFC and leave Scampton as the fallback/day working outfit.
The other really annoying aspect is that we are having to pull people back off posts to man both CRCs. This means losing (possibly) some NATO and Joint type posts which, in this day and age, is a step backward. The FC Branch has evolved extremely well over the last 5 years and our Lords and Masters need to be very careful about wrong footing that continued progress.
AMEN!!
Tablet: At least you did not say 'Over-arching'. Plain English??? BAHH!!