No offence taken!! I annoys me with these threads is that there is a perception that the pilots and ground crew loose that knowledge instantly the minute they come off an aircraft type. The knowledge is still there its just a matter of checking and and recertifying it.
The will is there 100% to put the Harrier back in the air with both air and ground crew if called upon and I am sure without a shadow of doubt that it could be done in a very short period of time - however without wishing to fall into the category of people who cannot let the Harrier go - I think sadly that for every day that passes it becomes easier for the politicians to forget about it.
Sadly we have lost a capability that was neither Typhoon or Tornado but something hard to define. Whether operating from ships or austere strips we have lost a capability to be able to deploy anywhere in the world and operate successfully very quickly.