Does the RAF not have their own in house training schools any more? or has it been a case of cutting back on training and contracting out servicing and maintanence????
surely the MOD would have learned from their mistakes in the passed, I rememeber seeing recently on TV an article about the Nimrod, and how the officer being interviewed on board was saying how safe it was now, but if half the systems and AAR are shut down to make it safe, then surely it is not the operational aircraft it should be? what would it take to be able to conduct AAR safely on that aircraft other than money?? what are the techinical challenges?
I'm almost half way through the BOI report, just finding it hard to get a copy of the QQ report. With this thread and the BOI it totals near 750 A4 pages.
Regards
Duncan