LFFC..Well of course there will be significant reductions in the scale of the MFTS system and its outputs...such are the results of the SDSR.
That said, unlike the FSTA or SAR-H PFIs for example, The MFTS PFI has some inherent felxibilities "built in" as part of its design concept. The former were all about a fixed scale of "service" over a long period...in FSTA's case 14 330s etc etc.
In the MFTS concept, ASCENT has a fixed contract for delivering a management service , one of the major aspects of which is contracting out the different training streams. In that aspect is the flexibility, and in bidding for the initial contract all bidders understood that the eventual value of the workstreams were dependent on a variety of factors, including the eventual and sometime variable IPS needs. Given that not all these major sub contracts are yet signed there is already scope to massage the outcomes to reflect SDSR IPS requirements. Others of course will require more "painful" realignment ..such as the AJT using the Hawk. No doubt the ME output will have to take a signficant hit too...but at the end of the day, if the flying isn't needed..commensurate reductions can prove suitably profitable.
Fortunately, the rotary contract and basic FT contracts have yet to resolved...so no doubt these will now be let to reflect the SDSR IPS needs.
While there is no doubt reduced value to ASCENT over the coming decades given all the reductions now falling out of the SDSR, it is an inherently flexible management concept that will allow much wriggle room to get things sorted.