offload the whole of SH to the Army
Where are you going to get 50 odd CH47 crews when the present ones PVR? Who are going to engineer the aircraft when the Engineers, who we cling onto by our fingernails presently, all poke off to fix trains or do something else?
16 AAB can lose parts of its Airborne element - that would only be a paper exercise anyway
Care to quote that at Catterick?
would make some savings without hitting capability too much
I point you to the first quote. If you think transferring SH to the Army whilst a third of the fleet are deployed on ops won't hit capability too much, crack on.
Nice to see the Planky fleet with their finger on the pulse, offering well thought out solutions in these difficult times. Think of the money we could save if we used our personnel effectively instead of them checking in 12 hours in advance only to find the aircraft isnt coming and they have no kit!