Oh I am enjoying this. Tim Collins can 'needle' better than an Aussie and this latest dit has certainly got the rabble roused and filled his wallet.
ORAC has a point on how the RAF is perceived by self-loading luggage. As for Collins, he has been a fierce proponent of trained and motivated staff to achieve a mission. So I suggest he already knows that two of his quotes fail the test:
Existing strike aircraft would initially come under the Royal Navy, with interim command going to newly-transferred RAF officers.
The Royal Navy would also run all the transport aircraft that go into harm's way, again retaining RAF expertise initially and then evolving its own specialist branch.
Why on earth would the RN need or want to take responsibility for either of those tasks? To follow Log Loader's view, why would RAF staff want to transfer? Very few light blue have seriously contemplated a life at sea.
Unless - of course - the RN stays clear of JPA.
Keep it coming - you are saving us from a Joint Exercise in the UK this weekend.