Wader,
Could you enlighten us into exactly what the CAS is fighting for?
With the exception of Typhoon, this guy has done nothing that I can see for the rank and file of the service, other than oversee the biggest slump in manpower, morale, support ands welfare for our service men and women. Frankly, he should be utterly ashamed and get of his backside and do something about it.
How many people in the RAF (and the services I'm sure) are happy with this JPA thing? How much has been written on prune about it? My friends still in tell me that it is a complete farce. Why is it still so?
Why do the boys and girls still not have enough of the basic kit they need to tdo the job?
Why is more effort being put into niff-naff such as 2 lots of AFT instyead of getting the real issues sorted out?
CAS fighting for the service is he?? yeah, right!
Ref the point about resignations and what would it achieve? It would get so much publicity that hopefully this government might just take some notice. Your comment about retired senior officers is absolutely true, and their comments are now long forgotten. My complaint with them is that they should have done the moaning whilst they were still in!! Not wait until they leave.
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, thats the measure of real courage and commitment, and that's what's expected of the CAS.