Ralphmalph
Tourist, I suppose the clouding of my judgment stems from my experiences of
AW as a military aviator operating two of their supported aircraft. The 9A was a
great fix initially.......now as time is going on......it doesn't appear so
good.....AW support....bollards to be frank.
AW support for everything MoD purchased may well be bollards, and it awas for the Lynx from day one, way back in the 70's, but there is a reason: MoD purchases insufficient support.
It does so in the face of operational evidence , even though AW (and WHL before them) tell them that more is needed, but the PT's don't have the money, VSO's would rather have a large paper capability than a small one (in all arms) so won't tell the politicians the truth and, whilst there are votes in jobs in Yeovil they are only there for headline activities like production. As a result we end up with hollow forces.
That's defence, live with it!
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