To be fair the people banging on have at least a partial point
Why do we have a system that is going to allow the RJ's to enter service when it's clear they aren't following the current rule book?
the answer is, of course, that the current rules were put in place as a response to another situation. No-one thought it through properly (this IS the MoD gentlemen) and now we are caught in a dilemma of our own making
Rather than confess they'll do it on the sly and it may (I hope not) come and bite them in the bum in the future
I think we've said all that needs to be said on this TBH - no-one is going to have any effect and no-one on hear will shift their position