Theres many reasons why you shouldn't put Junglies on the OCF yet? 1. Proposed Mk 4 cockpits will be different to the Mk3 so why train on what something thats different. 2. There are no spare 'cabin's at the Oxfordshire base and theres no T&S for hotels. Help yourselves to 12x12s if you wish. 3. Current ac availabilty isn't condusive to any type of training. 4. If Mk4 gets past intial and main gate, it will take 2 - 3 years from contract let before the first one gets to the MOD. Look at how long its taken to get Merlin Mk2 to flight trials and it still needs to go to QQ. 4. Why train now and suffer skill fade and the costs of associated re-training. As an alternative why not go to the South West where there is a far bigger fleet... oh yes they haven't got much in the way of ac availability either. Notice the theme forming?
Finally, no one said the 2* was making policy. His brief was on high level policy and command (political) intent which linked the CH47 and Pu Mk2's.
Last edited by Neartheend; 15th Jul 2011 at 21:31.