It sounds an abstruse issue but it's important. The FAA was left with second or third rate aircraft for perhaps half of WW2, not enough and insufficiently capable - due to demands for total prod… (View Post)

He had a very populist tone, and seems to exaggerate his statistics considerably - even when they generally support the trend he is observing. GB News, Talk TV or the Telegraph are his natural locus,… (View Post)

Recruitment has imo been withering on the vine from about 2020-2023, with spending flat in cash terms (ie real terms cut of ~15-20%), and performance against target fell from 84% to 60%. I'm not… (View Post)

AFAIK that's mainly to do with delays to F35, and cost efficiency. We either waited for Block-4, which has been delayed for years from I think 2026 to 2029 (not sure if that is the date for UK o… (View Post)

Interesting. I'm on Prime, and (checking) I have had 30 delivered orders in 2024 so far, and I have had no problems. So a fair number, but not masses. The music and the vids are a bonus. (View Post)