Leopold - you and I both know that the figure of 66 is completely unworkable and just pie in the sky from the MoD. The idea that rearcrew will jump through all the hoops of paramedic training, do FI dets every 24 weeks and then be rewarded with a posting to SH is fanciful, to say the least especailly when there will be so many jobs for them outside. The whole argument that we provided crews to go to SH was false, there have always been far more coming the other way!
When have facts ever got in the way of a juicy contract? Besides, if you look closely at the figures I think you will find that a 24 week interval for the FI det is a trifle optimistic. Still, surely foreign travel and further education is part of the reason for joining the military? Must go, crosswords just don't complete themselves you know.