In the
House of Lords this afternoon:
Earl Attlee: "Finally, the Minister has commented upon air trooping. If we are to keep large numbers of troops deployed on overseas operations, we must have modern wide-bodied jets to get them to and from theatre and to take them on leave when they expect to be on leave. I have written to the Minister on that point and I look forward to his reply in due course"
Lord Drayson: "I absolutely agree that we need modern jets, and as quickly as possible. The jets that we have are too old, which puts a lot of pressure on the air bridge."
So what's holding up FSTA? If a PFI deal is too difficult, lets just buy them!