Amazing that we have this insight about the cost of Gen 4.5+ platforms and yet, few seem able to see the outrageous situation in widebody AT/AAR where, a mature and capable platform is literally being thrown away as the basis of an overpriced redundancy tool for VSO's retirement. Either that, or the upper echelons of our military are as gullible as a pensioner talking to a PPI salesman!
OAP