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Irish Air Corps / Air Corps: Value for Money?
« on: February 25, 2012, 07:27:48 pm »
Just to liven things up a bit around here, but without revisiting 'done-to-death' threads!
Avoiding OPSEC issues, does the Nation and/or the rest of the Defence Forces get value for money from the Air Corps? Although it's difficult to acertain an exact annual AC budget, does 750 personnel with 24 aircraft of 7 types represent a worthwhile investment? Or could/should some/all operations be farmed out to the private sector? With so few aircraft, should Baldonell be opened up to some commercial operations? With it's history of failing to provide any more then token Army CoOp, is there any point in continuing with this expensive unit? Discuss!
Avoiding OPSEC issues, does the Nation and/or the rest of the Defence Forces get value for money from the Air Corps? Although it's difficult to acertain an exact annual AC budget, does 750 personnel with 24 aircraft of 7 types represent a worthwhile investment? Or could/should some/all operations be farmed out to the private sector? With so few aircraft, should Baldonell be opened up to some commercial operations? With it's history of failing to provide any more then token Army CoOp, is there any point in continuing with this expensive unit? Discuss!