Exactly. Provision was made for access of aussie crews to the LHR base. Say no aussies took the basing. Would that have resulted in an end to the base altogether? If all the batch up there at the moment come home, and you guys get your way where nobody else goes up there, what will happen? Oh, sorry, we will fill it with foreign nationals.
So if someone was to make a choice to go up there, how are they further eroding the conditions? The day the base started the conditions went out the door. If they get nobody from Aus up there, conditions are still out the door. If people from aus are up there, then conditions are still shot. What is the difference?
At least I suppose if they had filled the base completely with locals, there would be nearly 200 more fa's back here fighting over the same pool of flying. What would be the result - more assigned leave, etc.
Dimwits.