taxydual:
One thing does intrigue me though. Can the blame for this malaise really be laid at the feet of just one individual? Namely Sir Glenn Torpy. Can a transient, ie 2/3 year in post, CAS have that much influence on the morale and attitudes of the RAF as a whole?
In a word, TD, no. I think I said as much in an earlier post. That isn't the point though. It's a question of leadership. Given that there
is the malaise of which you speak, then the person in charge, ie the CAS, should be seen by one and all to be addressing it. I, admittedly from outside the RAF now and outside the loop as you say, see no sign of it. The Army, with similar worries, has a CGS who is addressing them and can be seen to be doing so even to my myopic view. It is that disparity which is so striking, and to be fair to Sir Glenn so typically RAF!