High spirits,
Agreed about the professional responsibility to train the RN - as per the RAF SH force will grit it's teeth and get on with it yet the rest of the services will find it within themselves to be spiteful and negative about how the crabs have screwed them over and how lazy or whatever they are etc etc.....yawn yawn.
The best option will probably be to jump early if one can. The question is where to? 50% of the force can apparently slot right into the new chinook buy, but only if that force stops taking on the reams of newbies sat in the horrific shawbury holding pot. If the much mooted Odiham PVR exodus happens, then that may help to some degree but if so many are jumping from the good-ship Odiham, then many may feel that it's not the best option to move into. And then we have puma, who will require some op experienced bods in a few years time, however they are well-manned and won't be needing many to boost their ranks. So, we'll be looking at those who are approaching the end of their initial engagements being shown the door because that will be the cheapest option to take. All of those that are above average in the air, shoved onto civvy street along with their considerable talents, just because it saves a few quid to help pay for one of the most half-baked rearranging of resources ever seen.
Basically, it's a pointless shafting of hard working and capable men and women.