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Old 15th Nov 2009, 13:41
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so.... Option 1
We hand Odiham plus chinook to the AAC along with puma, they support the army 99% of the time so seems sensible that they command them. They can then operate all the aircraft with NCO aircrew thus saving millions in overpaid crews. Merlin to the RN (RM), the SAR helos to the RN (most of the work is over the sea), future Nimrod to the RN (its a maritime a/c is it not). Hand the UAV's to the Royal Artillery (they operate other UAV's) as ours are in support of the Army anyway, all the Army Co-operation Sqns to the Army (as the name suggests) and we will have saved about 30000 jobs.
Or... Option 2
I believe we currently have about 100 star officers (on a pro rata basis) than we did during the war so why dont we chop them and save a mega bundle, we could also have a major review of who/rank commands what, for example why do we have Wg Cdr's in charge of Sqns (surley thats the job of a Sqn Ldr), then we could have Flt Lt in charge of Flts, then you could have Wg Cdr in charge of Wg's (for example the AT Wing (for thats what it will be when lye moves to brize)) which will mean Wg Cdr in charge of Stn's, a Gp Capt then in charge of a group of stations...etc couple this with NCO pilots/aircrew and the RAF can save a fortune and not have to cut any manpower.
Simples

Now lets have a debate!!!
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