>The AAC may have more F700s than the other >forces put together. But, you know as well >as the rest of us that you could hardly >muster a Sqn and half of serviceable ones.
Thats a fair point and is down to chronic underfunding over a load of years allied to massive overcommitment rather than any inherent AAC/REME failings. Might be worth checking out the latest JHC rolling brief though which for the first time in living memory shows Lynx as the top for serviceability!
> On a more serious note: my objection to
> jointery is that diversity brings
> flexibility. The RAF/AAC/RN all have the
> sort of different nuances that make
> operations such as Northern Ireland work. > Additionally, I believe we are watching a > weak and half-hearted form of
> amalgamation, not jointery (a word
> invented for this very purpose).
For 'best practise' read lowest common denominator!