could the AT fleet not stage out of LCA or somewhere else to do the extraction from BSR and contract civvy aircraft to lift from LCA-UK? That would solve the problem of operating civair into BSR but reduce sector lengths for the RAF a/c.
That's actually a very reasonable idea. Currently we run to both sandpits on an alleged schedule that very rarely runs on time. Doing more regular runs from somewhere a bit closer would reduce the knock-on of the multiple occasions we fail to get
anywhere!
The Army are, quite rightly, disgusted with the 'service' we provide.