Unfortunately I missed the Beeb last night. I was assured several weeks ago that there was going to be an acceleration in the foam fitting program, I hope the BBC were using out of date info in their piece.
Back to the thread. i am curious about Tri* ops. Why do they want to fly in the day time? I understand, I think, the reasoning behind no night ops. I assume it is something the Sqn has decided amongst themselves, however chances of being shot at are reduced by 90% at night, so, in many ways it is far safer to fly at night. With this in mind, why does Kabul have no nav facilities to speak of 5 years after we first went there? Why are we fighting the World's 21st Century war with 1940s technology? That airport should be bristling with decent radar and approach aids. Is this another case of empty statements and promises from our so called leaders? So much so, that hundreds of troops are being put at risk by the insistence of flying day ops.
A strange set of priorities indeed.