The value of the perceived savings had me scratching my follicley-challenged head thinking ‘wtf did that figure come from?’ Then it occurred to me that the figure might have been the creation of the Satan Spawn aka Budget Managers. Correct me if I am wrong, but with the introduction of RAB, wasn’t every asset given a value that would show up on the books? Therefore if we have ‘x’ number of aeroplanes ’ @ ‘y’ value each, with the simple multiplication of ‘x’ times ‘y’ then getsometimein’s figure becomes quite plausible (e.g. 10 a/c @ £10m* each = £100m). So, in the true ‘Sir Humphrey’ spinning tradition of MoD, by using the value of the assets rather than their running costs someone can say 'Look at me, I've saved……..…..simples!!
* variable depending on how impressive you want the overall “savings” figure to be.