Roland,
T'was ever thus!!
I remember a v. senior officer of the Dark Blue variety moving into the locality of RAF Wyton and causing a fuss - so much so that ATC had to exhort all visiting a/c 'not to overfly the village 1 1/2 miles NE of the 27 threshold' - the phone would surely ring if the pilot went anywhere near the place.
BTW I also remember the Low Level Corridors - weren't they abandoned because the populace under them were shouldering a disproportionate 'burden' of low flying when compared with other parts of the country?
One gets the impression that Mr Warren (
see DT Letters) et al would be quite prepared to insist on precedence over treating the Paras in Selly Oak in order to get his 'flu jab
Yours disgusted,
FZ