If, as a civilian Met. man, I am allowed an opinion on a service matter, I am relaxed on the issue of CV's appointment. This is 2014, and we must deal with it.
Consider this.
If, in 1988, WW III had broken out [and it was still cold war], C Met O BFG would have had his Dormant Commission as Group Captain stamped by the SofS, donned his combats, picked up a pistol, and assumed command of the now-RAF unit called BFG Met. He had previously had the same obligation as a Dormant Flt Lt at Guetersloh [included 1 BR Corps], and as a Dormant S/Ldr at JHQ. All of us had such a commission, and such an obligation. That was how it was, we were needed, we said yes, and we would have done it. Not necessarily brilliantly, but we were all there was.
Fast forward to 2014 ........ she is needed, she said yes, and she will do it.