The Hawk is not rated as a "Complex" aircraft its realitivlly easy to service, but lets look at some number crunching shall we and work out how you can only spend £6m a year on 13 jets. Adour 15101 Engine, £250,000 to overhaul, (at least 7 done in a season) Canopy refurbs £750,000 (at least 2 a year)....remember now that the RAF have cut back on its 3rd line support everything has to go to industry, at least all 13 will have a primary or primary star servicing every year at some point, maybe even 2 each, at least 3 will be on a Minor servicing and one will have a major servicing. Now the RAF operate a half life system on most components fitted to its jets, when it reaches half its safe working life its refurbished or replaced, a set of 4 filters for the oxygen system £25,000 is one number that springs to mind, all 13 jets will have them replaced in a season, the Hawk is notorious for the Airframe guys as a drill out not screw out jet, Triwing fastners fitted to all panels you may have to drill out 10 per large panel due to the slots in the head ripping when you turn them, they can cost about £1 each, thousands are replaced over a year.
All of you who operate your Cessna 150s and Cherokees baulk when you have to have an annual done to them....the cost is huge as you all know, well multiply what you pay by about 1000% and you will get a fair idea of the cost then times that by 13 and tell me £6m is a realistic number. The Officers wage bill alone is £250,000 a year before adding the SNCOs and other ranks on top, and yes that does come out of the defence budget.....so your £6m is looking a bit thin now isnt it, are they worth it anymore when you look at the hard facts of what they produce and at what cost..................i leave that open to discussion