As much as the Arrows have been a part of the furniture for 45 odd years, I'm not sure theres sufficient an airshow industry left to support a full time team, let alone one flying out of date a/c that can't be seen as an industry promotion any longer.
In a much reduced RAF and with the demise of the USAFE base shows and even all but one RAF Battle of Britain at Home show, in my view you be better off axing the Arrows and reverting back to the old days of sharing it around the front line sqns as back in the early sixties.
A part time 4/5-ship Tiffie display worked up for just the remaining handful of big UK displays and the odd overseas display would be something new for the public and allow industry sponsorship possibly because of possible Tiffie sales pitch.
Rotate the team through the front line sqns each year, with some nice painted tails etc for a bit of bling, like the old Lightning Firebirds and Blue Diamonds schemes.
Last edited by GeeRam; 2nd Feb 2013 at 20:42.