nigegilb
Ref your post at #1129 and remarks made. I think you do a disservice to the tradesmen employed by FRA at the NSG. I wouldn't equate them to the workshops that you have managed without yourself having some first hand experience of their method of operation.
Probably 99% are ex military aircraft technicians with the vast majority being ex RAF NCOs/SNCOs with most of those having a lot of experience on Nimrod aircraft. Certainly I would say more corporate knowledge about Nimrod engineering and maintenance problems and how to solve them than that of the current RAF workforce at ISK.