MM4,
The bickering is borne out of a lack of 'joint' at home. Across the big table in the tent at bsn it works well because it is truly joint.
Perhaps it is time to abolish individual Sqn numbers, RAF versus RNAS base names and make up 'wings' of different aircraft types that forms a capability and is not run by a single Service.
It is almost comparable to the decision to go into the Euro without a common set of financial and political regulations. The aspiration never matches the reality...and it fails.