The RN is also populating AV-8B posts as 4(R) - and 20(R) before it - can only work to maximum of siro 4 RN IPS per year, and I'm not sure if that's ever been achieved. RN FA-18 'one way exchanges' are full-up, deck time, 6 monthers, the lot.
glad rag - completely buy your point, but no-one has ever told me what we can afford, plenty of people have ventured what we can't. But who actually knows? i'd love to meet them, but i guess they're paid a fair bit and don't hang out on pprune!
It seems that we are all in agreement over one thing. Maritime done cheap isn't worth bothering with, maritime with constraints (VSTOL?) is questionable. Either fund it, or cancel it.
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