Easy,
".....Tornado drawdown at Lossiemouth = mass stampede to the offshore industry rather than move south......." - quite simply WRONG!
The main driver for the mass move to the offshore industry from Lossie has/had nothing to do with the prospect of a potential move south, indeed people from 'down south' are asking to be posted north to Lossie so they can then PVR from there and go offshore.
While your argument may have some merit at the lower skill levels, to spend £5M training someone, and then replacing them every 6 years as opposed to every 20-30, is sheer lunacy.....
Not forgetting the fact that the Defense Secretary himself has said he doesn't think the UK will have the stomach for any further expeditionary warfare for the next 10-15 years, so an increased amount of stability for individuals is expected to occur post 2015 .
Apart from that.....
Last edited by Biggus; 28th Oct 2013 at 21:52.