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Old 28th Feb 2011, 20:46
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Trim Stab
 
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So are you saying more mil AT or less? Your posts are contradictory!
If AT had a commercial arm- you would soon have a lot more toys, and a lot more modern than the rubbish 2 Group fly currently.

As an example, UK must be the only country in the world where the Head of State (in our case whether HMQ and PM) does not have a decent fleet of BizJets. If the Royal Flight was put on a commercial basis, you could probably have in no short order a BBJ, F900 and a fleet of smaller jets - all flown by RAF when on state duty, but contracted out commercially when off-state duty. Instead, the Royal Household has to occasionally hire commercial aircraft from operators chosen by Thatcherite competive tender - which can be conceivably be flown by any old duff pilot like me.

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