But no matter how fond people are of Lyneham consolidating properly on one base is the correct long term solution and in a cost and operational benefit analysis Brize trumped Lyneham at just about every aspect.
but
closing Lyneham and moving it to BZN is deficient in cost and operational benefit.
£7M per year infrastructure costs vs. £250M to move and lose the benefits of an operational 'can do' unit. Manpower savings (bar the loss of Civilian jobs) have already been realised.
Simples!
