Its because your big wooshy speed machines are just too noisy for all the people who brought those 'surplus' quarters outside the back gates.
Although that doesn't account for the continued presence of the Vickers fun bus at BZN.
And who the hell would want to buy a surplus quarter in Scotland or 'the damp isle' if those bases closed down? "For sale, ex-service accommodation, often damp, miles from anywhere decent".
