I fear that I have unleashed a monster in mingundiplomat!
Surely the simple solution to what people are saying here is give us more aircrew, groundcrew, helicopters and money. I think it has been proven that the soldiers on the ground need tanks, FJ support and aircraft carriers some of the time but they need helicopter support all of the time.
They can even save money by returning all those Sqn Ld pilots hunting for promotion to their old sqns. Another idea would be to discourage people changing things just because they need to look like they are doing something so they too can get promoted.
Oh and 1 more thing. We work bloody hard, how about bringing back the opportunity to play hard as well.