Wrath,
"Getting rid of FW FAA would not be good for either Service and those kind of politics will result in everyone losing out. End of the day who cares what colour cloth the pilots wear as long as it is the best pilots suitable filling those cockpits - being selected, or only available, for Harrier because you are Dark Blue is wrong. Similarly, Typhoon and Tornado only being available to light blue is also wrong - how many gapped cockpits are there? Howabout each Valley course being judged on the overall merits of the students - if the best available for Harrier (or JCA) happen to be all dark blue or all light blue or a mix of differing amounts so what! If a dark blue student is not making the grade for Harrier/JCA but is good enough to graduate onto another (RAF) platform then let him. No different from exchange officers (and far better than exchange officers from non-swimming nations!)"
Agree with you entirely on all points above.
Unfortunately I don't think the people doing the high level political backstabbing on all sides in the military arguments at the moment will give your last paragraph a chance.