If the RAF treated it as a training event, it’s a good tasking for them to have a crack at. Something like ‘what if we had to get 2000 people off a ship 20 minutes out to sea in a short space of time?’ or a drilling platform.
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Thats what they did when i was at benson as an excuse to fly the cadets…mass evac from a hostil env. Was awesome being dragged into a merlin whilst the regt created a defensive perimeter
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To be clear, the aircraft supposedly listed are just 2 x Chinook and 2 x Puma, so you can half your estimates.
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I really wish they would either…
A. Be up front and say. Only 1000 will fly.
Or
B. Cap the numbers at 1000, so that everyone flys.
Just be open and honest.
Those who want a flight and are travelling long distances, might not go, therefore self limiting the problem anyway.
Worst case scenario, is 1000 cadets leaving the event thinking what a shambles and waste of time that was. With 100 or so volunteers not bothering next time or worse.
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At Cosford muster they flew 1200ish staff and cadets in 1 Chinook and 3 Puma, with one going U/S half wat through.
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This is what ours have thought of the last two we’ve been invited to. They won’t go again.
However, because they happen so rarely, the cadets who went last time are probably not going to be here in ~18 months time when the next one happens, and the newer cadets haven’t been put off yet.
Impressive!
And they had to go refuel at Shawbury…