I was invited to return to the RAF as a high readiness reserve pilot. I was working overseas at the time, flying for a foreign government. The RAF wanted me to attend every month and offered me a daily rate of about forty five quid plus a bit of motor mileage from Luton airport. I would be expected to pay my own airfare to and from UK at £1200 for a return trip. Obviously, I’d need to buy a car at Luton every time I arrived there and sell it on departure.
I declined their kind offer.