Easy Street, quite so. Mil use of civ best practice where applicable, is the sound basis that should used. However, my contention is that, in this instance "best practice" cannot have been used. Furthermore, the experiment that has developed a "private raf" combines some of the worst elements of mil ops and private entrepreneurship whereby the MOD are being fleeced while a glittering cloud of propaganda obscures reality.
I will say it again, the whole FSTA project has been a money making machine for interested parties.
OAP