it still remains a black hole where 50000 people are paid to keep just 426 aircraft on the front line.
As opposed to the Navy who have about 70 operational ships and boats (on paper) operated by just under 36,000 personnel (1 Jan figures).
Which means about just over 500 personnel for every operational vessel as opposed to the 117 personnel per operational ac you mention in your statistics.
And you can't tell me the Navy is cost effective .... if we weren't buying those 2 carriers, we could have had at least 350 Typhoons
Can't help but suspect you sport a bristling 'Village People' moustache yourself
And I'll have you know that there is absolutely nothing wrong with sporting a large bushy upper lip adornment - comes in very useful for catching fine fillies. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!