Evalu8ter,
You might be right about contracting out the FRADU role, but that isn't 736's job. 736 uses those duties traditionally assigned to FRADU and NFSF(FW) as a vehicle to provide the RN with a core of current and competent FW operators. There are other places to train and maintain your maritime expertise such as the USN and Marine Nationale, and there are one or two slots open in the Typhoon world - but unless you have a NAS at the hub you don't have a cadre.
But the headline is that everyone here agrees: Lt Cdr Flatman made one remark about his own unit, never mentioned the RAF or the Reds, or war fighting, or funding and for what he is tasked to do a second hand Viper would be fine.