Propulike is right - there's not enough ac (and soon crews - probably) to do all the jobs that the AT fleet are supposed to cover.
Don't blame the bus drivers - look at head office!
Solutions - bin the para role? - Not likely as the Paras are often seen as a recruiting ground for Hereford. Now, the boys in black are also stretched, so the best Paras get to do some 'second tier' dark stuff.
More AT and crews? - yeah right! Mr Brown says we can't afford it!
No more 'Persian Excursions' and stop the ones we're doing? - Nope, not while TB is so far from trying to get himself extricated from Dubya's back passage.
The only way is to carry on spreading thinly our few remaining assets, in so doing we will lower the skill levels to unacceptable amounts if ever we had to do it for real.
BTW 'Operation Certain Death' was not very far away from becoming a reality in 2003 - luckily, we were spared the loss of countless Paras and Herc crews - only because we did haven't have enough ac available - thank the Lord!
