The bottom line here is that someone has to pay for us to go from a to b and if the various budget holders, at ISK and the like decide that sending you on a bus is better value for money than asking us to come fetch, and believe me it is by a lomg way, then that is exactly what will happen.
Maple I have been involved with the type of move you describe and have when my Captains have enquired info from Ascot Op's is that CS will not stump up for out of hours fire cover which screws our crash cat needs.
No consolation I know but we suffer just as badly on a regular basis with the retrictions on opening hours, all cost driven I might add, by our extremely helpful pals in Kokineli............nothing beats a full day awake to then depart Lyn at 0100 in order to get the A/C in and out of Akro with as little disturbance to the "party"
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced