The C2/C2a mods are required for the job we do, but essentially very little difference between them and the civvie version, The powers that be have decided that to do the job we do! we have to have that protection provided by those mods, this has not made it inferior? It has made it safer in the environment that we work in, why because the UK Govt do not want to take the risk, you might be happy to ask yr crews to do it, but we have a duty of care to the passengers down the back
All well and good, valveclosed, however the fact remains that the RAF TriStar fleet appears to suffer far more delays and AOG problems than
any other TriStar operator
ever did, large or small.
I find it very hard to believe this is simply due to the added equipment the MoD requires.
IE: doesn't pass the smell test.