thelynxeffect. Guessing from your not so subtle nom de plume and even more from your attitude that you consider yourself from the superior end of Her Majesties boat people, is it no longer true that the whole ships company automatically receives local allowances as soon as you are within chopper range of the nearest land, to spend as they wish?. Even if this is no longer the case let us just say that the Royal Air Force tries to support its highly skilled and intensely loyal Gingerbeers as well as the system allows. The pressure on the front line is great and the "just a few extra hours" can go on day after day as it surely does for the other services. The mark of a good leader is to appreciate and fight for those that sustain that pressure, do you not agree?.