So!! currently the 4 frames we have are NOT being fully utilised (fact-even with flood/cyclone/NZ assists), so we get a fifth, then we eventually pull out of Afghan, resulting in even more of a C-17 static display team!! At least there would be one advantage..it would give the engineers another aircraft to practice on.....and god knows they need the practice... on a darker side it gives them another chance of creating a large smoking hole in the ground.
There is hardly any maintainance support after midnight and NONE at weekends...
But hey at least they have more restrictive crew duty than the actual crew that fly it! and any route revolves around them...
The Sqn is run by engineers so maybe the desicion should be run past them first, then the rest of the Sqn and Air Force could fall inline...
Apologies, a bit of a rant, but true... honest indian....
Should we not put the surplus funds into valuable training that most of the Air Force critically needs!!
