This is not the way to get through to the minister, the best any of us can do is work out better arguments for the air corps in our dealings with the people we know.
It's a long shot but a unified and realistic vision of the DF by enthusiasts like yourself is the only means we have, if everyperson who any of us talks to hears a compatible and acceptable story then you have the basis for a change in public opinion...only then might we see funding diverted from the Statue/VIP lounge/Dail Gym/being insanely corrupt/incompetent administration budgets into defence.
If you want to see some serious discussion about defence try Irishmilitary.com's "think tank", you can feel free to transpose any of my suggestions here if you want to.
