Point is you cannot answer the question.
Point is, without full knowledge of, and
full responsibility for, the operational tasking, then neither can you.
Generating trully servicable assets can be acheived without blue suits.
No !!!!! Sherlock!
....and just as susceptible to errors/oversights.
I'd be interested to know what 'statistics' you refer to?
- and please don't give me that "880 fires" crap.
Lets be clear, it is the fractionalisation of the RAFs Engineering support and the corresponding disolution of responsibility that is the real issue here.
Contracted or not, ye get what ye pay for.