The Ministry of Definance's over-reliance on the so-called 'total force concept', involving a penny-pinching approach to regular force strengths and an overly optimistic reliance upon reserve forces, is beginning to show itself for the utter crock it truly is.
TA and RAuxAF units are one thing, but expecting RAFResA and RAFResO personnel to support a 5 year farce of Bliar's making is way outside the scope of the commitment to be reasonably expected from such RAFRes personnel.
Many of whom don't actually realise that they have a reserve commitment! They left under PVR terms and probably have little idea that an envelope inviting them to play could drop through the post box at any time. That is, if the MoD can find them! RAFRes personnel are
supposed to keep PMA (or whatever it's now called) informed of their addresses - but if the MoD moves its units (e.g. Binnsworth to High Wycombe), do they tell all the reservists the new contact address........
? Do they heck!
I'm surprised they haven't tried calling out the ATC and CCF yet...
