So, which trades/ranks are people anticipating taking the brunt of redundancies? PJI's look on shaky ground, as do a lot of PTI's depsite their 'too little, too late' attaching themselves to RAF Regt Sqns. A new tri-service 'police' service would also see a lot of speed trappers relieved of their duties. Or would a RAF wide cull of the Sick, Lame Lazy & draft dodgers be preferred?
A few air officers for starters.
Then a few Gp Capts
Then quite a lot of Wg Cdrs & Sqn Ldrs
FJ Pilots & Navs - particularly those who only fly desks.
90% of nimrod-related aircrew. The other 10% can re-train.
Approx 800 from this lot.
Then...
TG1 will take a bit of a kicking - maybe 500 in total.
MTD, Clerks & Suppliers. Proportional to the number of bases which will close (ie 20 per trade for each base that closes and a few from HQ Air). Other trades also on a proportional, but lesser basis). Civilianise 50% of VIP support posts.
Photogs, PTIs & Stewards - almost dead trades. Get rid of 50%.
Approx 2500 redundancies.