I concede that there is futility in trying to espouse anything other than the current status quo. I accept that you have a view, which is shared by many, that I feel will not survive the current finacial situation - with that in mind, the risk is that littoral, as an unaffordable expense, will lose, if it is only RN that can do it.
No point in further discusion, as too many are entrenched in their beliefs with no thought of how to make it all happen in the future.