so we know what the costs of having airlift are - expensive, and work your way up from there - so what are the costs of not having airlift?
what does the constant tendering for commercial airlift cost in time and resources - and whats the actual cost of the contracts on top of that?
whats the resources/readiness/availability cost of having units tied up in places you don't want them, and not where you do want them, because you're reliant on commercial carriers/other nations?
whats the diplomatic/political/strategic cost to 'Ireland Inc' of every European country knowing that as soon as stuff goes downhill somewhere, they're going to get a begging letter from the Irish government asking for help? whats the diplomatic cost of this happening time and time again, with apparently no lessons being learned, and with apparently no shame being on display about asking for help yet again?
whats the morale/retention/recruiting cost within the DF of blokes being stuck in some dump after their tour has ended because no airlift is available?
doubtless these are more subjective figures than $/Flying Hour, but they are there....
what does the constant tendering for commercial airlift cost in time and resources - and whats the actual cost of the contracts on top of that?
whats the resources/readiness/availability cost of having units tied up in places you don't want them, and not where you do want them, because you're reliant on commercial carriers/other nations?
whats the diplomatic/political/strategic cost to 'Ireland Inc' of every European country knowing that as soon as stuff goes downhill somewhere, they're going to get a begging letter from the Irish government asking for help? whats the diplomatic cost of this happening time and time again, with apparently no lessons being learned, and with apparently no shame being on display about asking for help yet again?
whats the morale/retention/recruiting cost within the DF of blokes being stuck in some dump after their tour has ended because no airlift is available?
doubtless these are more subjective figures than $/Flying Hour, but they are there....
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