I'm confused. If the RN are to take over MPA, who is going to staff the Staff Requirement, or whatever its called today? Will they ask the RAF to do it all and append an Admiral's signature? Will they ignore the past and start afresh as if nothing has happened? Will the beancounters allow this? As tuc rightly says, it will be a minefield because of long memories in political circles about the trouble Nimrod caused all parties over the years. AVM Roberts' piece is irrelevant as this is nothing to do with establishing a requirement. It is everything to do with explaining why the RAF wasted so much and ended up with nothing. If I were the RN I'd steer clear.