Bollix to assimilation, why don't we keep our identities (has no bearing as we would still have to do the same jobs) and sack the multitude of high ranking pen pushers who tend to make our (certainly mine) lives so difficult. We could then put forward 'up-to-date' policies and ideas ourselves, let the one or 2 remaining rubber stamp it and we would have pots of money saved for our airframes.
Amazed that one force found 2 OF4s for the HQ just to stop them being outnumbered, even managed to get 2 more LSN (PIDS for the bureaucratic mongs)!!!
Who needs promotion on PA, bums on seats and not sprogs is what we need??????
