It has been suggested on threads here and elsewhere that the new PITO framework will involve substantial rises in the rates that contractors charge their customers for police pilotage.
Simple for the customer then isn't it.
Employ your own pilots, pay them a little more than they are already on, after all they will be getting paid more than before, and the savings will grow exponentially.
Tea and medals for the bean counters! Sorry, “those wonderful, lovely people in the Finance Department”.
If the pilots don't like it, 'because we can lower the required standards and someone will always be available', they can make their own choice.
It would seem to some that the view of some employers is the same as a saying we had in 660 Sqn,