Personally I think enough has been said about movers/2 Gp aircrew/grdcrew. I agree with most statements about the movers but I've been treated well (generally) by the cabin staff on Tristars etc. The problem rests well above their pay grade.
I am however completely f&cked off with seeing Sqns having their time wasted before and after Exercises and Detatchments. There is so much time spent on cutting costs and personnel nowadays when I would ask that if in one year all the Sqns at Marham have wasted almost 50 days 'travelling' time due to 2 Gp ac unservicability - how much cost and waste does that equate to? How much personal cost to wives/husbands/partners does that incur. You get my point.
Why does AOC 2 Gp not bite the bullet and declare the fleet as only being (maybe) capable of servicing Operational Theatres and not any Exercises or Detachments. Therefore some of you may have a better chance of getting a spare aircraft to get you back from Basrah etc.
Yours
TUFO