Cutting away the muscle

From the Telegraph:

A quarter of RAF trainee pilots are to be sacked in a cost-cutting cull that threatens to leave the Armed Forces short of airmen.

If you're going to scrap perfectly good aircraft, build carriers you never intend to use, and retire warships that still have decades of life in them, then sacking pilots a few air hours short of qualification after spending £300 million on their training makes the same sort of perverted sense.

It's a bit like a vending machine I once encountered that would refuse to provide a cup and then dispensed the coffee straight down the drain.

Update:  And if you're sacking pilots, why not get rid of coast guard stations and heavy tugs as well?

This isn't saving money; it's cutting capabilities.