Re: Revert at soonest
Rather than ask our US cousins to man the ship we will probably just offshore it to India like everything else.
Not a bad idea... They actually have two working aircraft carriers today and they are planning to build a nuclear Nimitz-like type as a replacement. Their aircraft carrier also has a carrier wing and is not just a sitting target. Its escort destroyers also happen to have proper anti-ship armament - as far as anti-ship missiles go BRAHMOS is probably in the top 5, if not top 3. That is if we do not count the Sunburns and Harpoons which they have too. AFAIK, they also handed the RAF their arse on a plate last time they were visiting to have some playtime with their ex-colonial overlords.
So, for once, that may be an improvement in the "service" when outsourcing (*).
(*)In fact, it is an example of a Navy which the Royal Navy cannot take on and win - a category which is rapidly growing and it will only get worse in the future.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
