Talking to chums working in various HQs and MOD, there is apparently a rumour now doing the rounds that there is serious consideration to cutting the RAF to around 30,000 in any coming defence review.
Has anyone else heard similar rumours? If so, what exactly constitutes a viable Air Force - where is the thin red line beyond which we may as well pack up and go home?
Just out of interest, and to put that figure into some sort of context - 30,000is the same size of Birmingham City FC's ground. If that wasn't bad enough, at 30,000 you could easily fit all the RAF into Leicester, Coventry, Southampton, Derby, Leeds (now a 3rd Division in old money team) FCs' stadiums with seats left over. God now I'm depressed.
