Or even better, why didn't someone think laterally and combine the flight
of both the NZ and Aussie vets and doing it together.
Even the pollies can get some spin on it with being Green and saving
both money and fuel.
I am sure Qantas or Air NZ would have chartered / provided a plane
- or we could have used one of the RAAF VIP jets as suggested above.
and "six and eight Australian Bomber Command veterans".
Pretty piss poor all around IMHO. Is that all we can afford ?