Interesting to see so many people know Oxford so well - WWW you are bang on the money about the standard of management. Ex-forces or not, they have been moulded the Oxford way now.
Really don't think the RAF will put up with all the c**p dealt out by bungling managers, inept flight scheduling or poor availability of servicable aircraft, regardless of price (naive or what!). Can't comment on the validity of using Senecas or civvie procedures for training, but any outfit that uses the hottest city outside the middle east for a fair weather base, using temperature-limited aircraft, can't be relied on to make sound judgements on such deep and technical matters!
For my money, I hope the RAF steers well clear and keeps the training where it belongs - in house.
