Dare I post?
Of course I realise that all of the above is parody, but this bit
Well the Harrier force exceeded this months flying budget by £12.57 on account of a copy of FHM, two cans of coke and a packet of fags that a maintainer bought at the airport on the way from Cyprus, so under Treasury rules we had to send them home. The Apache assault helicopters are within budget but
coupled with a post in another thread which mentioned the treasury, has me wondering. Is there really a Treasury rule which limits the number of flying hours?