Lets face it the Paras are a tough elite force - but not because they jump out of aircraft before starting a decent punch-up. No, its their ethos, training and esprit de corps that makes them the tough, nasty b'stards that strike the fear of you know who into the hearts of their enemies. Using 21 Hercs to deliver a company sized force just ain't worth it and when Simon Barry worked on the Airborne Task Force concept in DAO he knew then that the days of parachute insertion were drawing to a close. So lets not pretend we're losing anything worth keeping here. Yes we need elite forces - yes we've got them. No we don't need to use precious C130 hours on dropping them onto DZs just to show it can be done.
Just because we can - doesn't mean we have to!