Originally Posted by
andrewn
When you think about it being head of 22Gp, or whatever "Training Command" is now called, must be a nightmare.
You spend 5 or so years planning for a 6 Sqn FJ force, Sentinel retirement, Herc retirement, etc and then WHAM everything gets thrown back up in the air. And on top of all that you are having to lock yourself into what I assume is a relatively inflexible long term contract in the form of Ascent/MFTS.
Not sure who is calling the shots but I don't envy them!
You could add the P-8 to that list plus the Nav issue when you presume that you can harvest them from the GR force before it decides to keep them for a bit longer. This in-turn brings the Nav / rear-crew problem for P-8, R-J, Sentinel, Sentry, Reaper, Shadow and Protector into a rather stark focus.