Anyone who has any experience of HMG practices knows that it is risible to suggest that a new aeroplane of this kind could be procured and modified, with crews trained and worked up, within 9-months.
Brain, that's the kind of MoD and Service bullsh1t that hinders progress: that and your comment regarding "staffing" reflects the muddled "but we have always done it this way" style of thinking that quite clearly differentiates your culture from the results driven commercial culture.
The thread title is "Ageing air
transport aircraft" not
AAR aircraft.
Flash to bang - 9 months: at least 10
AIR TRANSPORT aircraft.
Civil registered, civilian operated.
And since when have Globespan needed TES to go to the Falklands???