We are bankrupt as a nation at the moment, so paying upfront to consolidate all AT at Brize Norton with the expectation of savings in the future is ludicrous. James Gray has indeed gone very quiet post election, I can only assume that he is fighting hard behind the scenes for sense to prevail.
I particularly enjoyed the article in the Bzn Gateway magazine talking about the training week in May and how, 'all the C130 crews are fully onboard with the move to Brize' as a result of the successful training there - and no mention of XV304.