Originally Posted by
orgASMic
I am not sure if I would be too concerned if I were aircrew. The two-winged master race will look after its own and the Flight Ops specialisation (which only came into being to release aircrew back into the front line) will, IMHO, get the elbow. You will not be getting any more flying but you will be in a job.
I am not in the picture about the FOS but I suspect you are being over optimistic. If all billets are filled where would you slot aircrew in?
Making less expensive FO redundant might be a less expensive option as many will not have earned a pension although the initial retreads will have done so.
Putting highly paid aircrew in to the posts would I guess be more expensive though you could close down the Flt Ops training except it may have become a self-licking lollipop.
If trained and qualified FO were replaced by aircrew (without flying pay) I think there would be the mother of all stinks desirable as it may be seen in many quarters.
The MOD is not an employment agency and is not going to retain personnel on a just-in-case basis when the aim of the game is to lose 5000 RAF personnel. It has no track record of retaining skill and experience when it is not needed and the cost arguement doesn't wash either as it doesn't with past infrastructure spend.
