Originally Posted by
PANews
I have not seen this report but I have just seen a Facebook posting reporting this "discarding" of the Tiger and stating that [far from it being dumped with immediate effect] the type will be taken out of service "in the mid-2020s."
I know stuff stays in service for a long time these days but this is TEN years away...... and it has not actually happened yet anyway. It may not be popular because of a lack of spares provision but it isn't actually being thrown on the scrapheap as this thread suggests!
More a decision not to keep a type with a severely limited flexibility in role in extended service.
Or am I missing something?
Yes, I think you missed one thing.
The decision is to reluctantly live with the Tiger till it was due for mid life update, and replace it rather than throw a lot more money into the hole.