It is getting harder for the mass of the RAF to get general messages across to the heirarchy. Redress is too specific and relates to an individual. It's also a big step to take. PVR is a mixed message. The CGAT gets the answers to the questions that it sets itself and has no personal touch. The disbandment of the AFBLT and it's replacement by a CAS forum (1 to date, I believe, to a selected audience) only serves to widen the gap. From the many open straw polls I have been involved in the general view has always been opposed to a federation (reflecting my own view) but there is an inevitability about this and we owe it to ourselves and future Servicemen/women to make sure we get it right. A rabid dog or toothless tiger will serve no-ones interests.