To try and take some of the flak away fom the movers, why is the RAF Akrotitri holiday camp opening hours (and the infamous Akrotiri window) still such a Holy Grail? I met a guy a few years back who had been OC Ops at Akrotiri when they had binned the "window" and operated all hours. He told me they were manned for 24 hr ops.
So, why do aircraft staging through Akr still have to meet the window requirements, now that it is under "new management". I have seen another nation's airbase that is not scaled for 24 hr ops repeatedly asked to open way beyond its own operating hrs, simply to allow the RAFaircraft to land late, as its arrival time has been dictated by the RAF Akrotiri window.