Tucumseh - spot on...
The endless whirl of SO1 ACSC grads flitting in/out of London for 2 reports (as close to 18mths as possible) to get an acquisition "tick" despite never doing the donkey work at SO2/3 is a consequence of our inherently "generalist" system. Post H-C it would be nice to have thought that "specialists" in acqusition and airworthiness would be A Good Thing...alas, no-one has told the appointers.