egdg
Fella.
the RAF has memories of those type of Ops, they were good at them,possibly the best.......but Seedcorn! Forget it, maybe 2015 would have justified it, but like everybody seems to acknowledge, the guys will be too old to start up the generic/ specialist/ conversion/ PFA side of things- let alone a bit thin on numbers.
Same could be said about the RN keeping people fast jet qual'd / deck current for F35/QEII operations (using a launch/land system that won't even be on our carriers....). And when are the Carriers expected ..... 2017? 2018? 2019?
Seedcorn is likely to go the day Ed moves in.
I doubt he even knows the meaning of seedcorn, nor given the amounts involved, is even interested in it. Bigger fish (heads) to fry!
