This is such a sorry tale and it will take years to get back on track. A whole generation of potential staff cadets, gone. A generation of pilots who are willing to give two weekends a month, gone. Cadets who, if they're lucky, will fly (AEF/VGS) once or twice throughout their whole 'career' in the Corps.
Flying is the only thing that makes the Air Cadet Organisation stand out above the rest. It makes me wonder whether they would have been better-off spending their weekends chasing Kirby Cadets/Sedburghs around a damp bit of grass.