Well let the junior ranks have it then. Adoption of PAYD should be brought into the Officers and sgts messes through a vote at the AGM, not forced in by beaurocracy. Everyone in the main then will be happy.
To give you ean example how rediculous things are already, at our mess we can only select certain wines and Champagne if the contractor who supplies them has them on the official list; a local bloke who visited us on a wine tasting night had an almost perfect bottle of champagne, far cheaper than what the top priced one was behind the bar, and surprise surprise, due to contracts we couldnt stock up. Bloody Typical. And whose mess exactly is it?
I agree things must improve for the Junior Ranks, but their messes are wholly funded by public funds. So lets sack some civil servants responsible for high level beaurocracy and cost cutting like PAYD and other silly government schemes and use their salaries to suppliment the Junior Ranks.
Steve, surely if the Junior Ranks dont use it, yet STC are stuck in a contact with some civvie company loosing money as a result, we aren't exactly doing everything to save desperately required funds and PAYD will become another scheme despised by all as a waste of cash!
Save our Messes!