At the risk of repetition, this is a bit of what the Grauniad article said about CAS' interview (my bold)
The first of the service chiefs to speak out about the current funding crisis, Dalton dismissed outright any suggestion that the RAF might be merged with the army or the navy to save money and said it was inconceivable that the RAF would ever want to scale back and lose its global reach.
He also acknowledged that morale had been affected by a massive reduction in the Ministry of Defence's budget – 8% in real terms.
"People do feel concerned. Of course they feel concerned, they have a professional pride in what they do. They don't join the RAF as if they are joining a bank or an insurance company. They join the RAF because they want to be part of something that does something much bigger and better and, most importantly, has some meaning and value for everyone," Dalton said.
"So of course they are concerned. The world has become a very much more unstable place and again we have seen that in the last few days.
"They also think there is a need to make sure the government, the public, understands what they do, and understands that they are prepared to do these things provided what they do is recognised."
Isn't that just the sort of stuff that we've been hoping some chief would say?
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