Originally Posted by
Captn Rex Havack
Actually - its not just pilots. John "scumbag" Howard started the rot with politicians. He got a job in Canberra (Prime Minister of course) with a fully tax payer funded tent called The Lodge, but that didn't suit him. He chose to keep the family at another fully tax payer funded humpy called Kirribilli, and we, the pilots at 34 squadron, using tax payers money, flew him every Friday from Canberra to Sydney for a dirty weekend, and then another jet would trundle up Sunday evening to bring him back to Canberra to the Lodge for work for the week. Grub. The job's Canberra based - move. (yes.... a few crappy cask reds in the belly right now)
"A few crappy cask reds...". Jeez, standards ARE slipping. Back in the day the tipple of choice was Grange or Bin 707.
