Many thanks chaps for your contributions ... All quite interesting !
Leon ...
I guess the impact of SDSR15 is still being worked through on the MFTS proposals as I suspect the speculative airframe fleet numbers mentioned by Ken are pre the SDSR15 announcements ... even so, those numbers look incredibly thin.
Consider yourself posted to the 'Naughty Step' with respect to your Chipmunk remarks ... as a fully paid up member of the 'Vertical Pot, Cordite Sniffing Taildraggers Union' ... I view such remarks as heresy. I even had to have a lie-down in a darkened room some years ago on hearing the BBMF converted their two ladies to 'Electric Starters' ... and don't get me started on Cockpit Heaters
Courtney ...
I just thought we've bashed the 'PFI' topic enough ... and genuinely thought there is the makings of a good debate here
Taranto ...
I agree with your comments but 'we are where we are' or at least the UK Mil is.
PS. Looks like yo need to add a ] to make your quote work
Double H ...
That all sounds logical. A cynic might say that recruiting Civilian T6C QFI's to live in North Wales might have presented a challenge
More to come on the airframe types ...