Have things really got so bad that 'Commanders' no longer trust their own equipment?
Come on BEagle, surely you should understand that!
The VC10 should have gone out of service at the end of March (Tristar as well?) but due to the Voyager being unable to do it's job, the VC10 fleet (now 4 aircraft?) had a belated extension to September. Think of the manpower and spares 'rundown' that has occurred for that, leaving expertise and capability in
very short supply. So yes, the Commanders have finally been forced to acknowledge the situation. I'm not sure the RAF can actually meet it's
declared capability e.g. To NATO.
However, other than the delayed AAR clearance, ......
"Delayed"? Is that the term that is used? More like bloody incompetence and indifference, and Air Tanker has to accept it's major part in that.
