Wasn't it the National Audit Office (or some similar bureaucratic bunch) who recently suggested the MOD should consider FRIs for targeted trades, of which pilot was one?
The treasury obviously don't want to spend money but it's simple maths in their view. If FRIs gives you a few bodies for less than it would cost to bring new bodies up to that standard then they'll be all for it. We can argue long and hard as to their effectiveness but in my case the bottom line is that if they give me some cash I'll stay a little longer. No bucks, no Buck Rogers as they say!
BV
