One of the visits I made to Red Flag saw us staying in a fleapit motel at $100 per night [military rate]. We could have got a suite at Ceaser's Palace for $80 per night. Why, then, didn't we stay at Ceaser's Palace, saving the taxpayer $20 per head per night?
Because the
PR Wallahs didn't want to feed the gutter press the headline 'RAF Aircrew Holiday at Top Las Vegas Casino - Funded by the Taxpayer'.