So, are they going to "un-sack" some of the civillians who provide support services for the R1 who have been told their services are not required as of 1st April 2011?
Let alone re-negiotiate support contracts which have been let lapse, or are we assuming there are enough spares available to get by for another 3 months?
The few remaining support staff haven't been sacked as such, but moved into the redeployment pool and advised to apply for the release scheme, so there are still a few around the area. The extension causes some problems though as they now mightn't get the dates they want for their early release - if they can be bothered to stay after the way they've been treated that is. The circumstances have also now altered from when they filled their forms in so there might be issues there. You also have to take funding and office space into account as both would have been earmarked for other groups.
As to the spares issue, there should be quite a few bits left over from the maritime fleet but it might lead to potential situations such as an aircraft scrapping being cancelled the day before it was due so they could take some bits off it.....
Now if only someone could have seen this coming
