Bismark, at the risk of biting. You cannot possibly get away with that remark without explaining your reasoning. The rules are universally applied, albeit with a different methodology by each Service. This reduction is a simple pro rata reduction to the changes in front line cockpit numbers. SDSR was not planned for by manning, why should it have been? Anyway by the same logic how overmanned does the RN fixed wing FAA look right now? No doubt they are next.