"Just as a point but according to the Citizens Advise Bureau, these Bonds are not worth the paper they are written on."
I've heard that time after time...so why do the airlines do it if it gets them, nowhere?
Chevvron - I take your point about RAS & RIS (although I don't think the specific services have been around 30 years...about 20 maybe

)...the point that was raised to me was that there is a significant amount of military traffic whizzing around that makes it more 'sporty' than some other neighbourhoods. It also raises the age-old question of driving fare-paying passengers through the FIR mixing it, when they thought their ticket promised them some protection!!
tori