£700 milion?????
MR2s stop flying - savings on fuel
Civilian airfield services - small saving
Kinloss stays open - no savings
No RAF personnel are being discharged (yet) - no savings to defence
Depth support contract is not being refunded - no savings
RR engine contract is not being refunded - no savings
Most spares are provisioned as per before - no savings
Non-attributable spares - small saving
R1 keeps flying - no savings
Design authority still on contract with BAE - no savings
Nimrod R1/MR2 Project Team remains for the R1 - no savings
So unless I have missed something really obvious, I conclude that:
'Vast saving..... in the region of £100million' (getsometimein) - incorrect
'the Nimrod force costs £700million a year' (getsometimein) - utter kack
Where do you get your sums from??
FG
(bored of Kinloss - serving out FRI)