Can anyone tell me why when the MOD is threatened with a reduction in money it always seems to cut front line assets, ships, aircraft, troops etc. yet seems to still keep hold of all the other functions and the nice second line jobs that go with it for more senior officers.
I think we passed the mark where there were more Admirals than ships , more Air Officers than aircraft and more Generals than Divisions, a long time ago. But why do we still keep all of these jobs.
I appreciate it is easy to cut an airfield, or a squadron and more difficult to cut Group Captains and Colonels and then show how much money is saved, but why are there still so many gathered around the trough when the front line assets they are supposed to support are dwindling by the day?