Originally Posted by
BluntedAtBirth
I think you will find that was a 'character building' activity to 'broaden your experience'...
Yeah, right on, one I neither needed or wanted having just spent 6 months receiving the crews in and out.
Yes it is a chore. Reporting how the system works is one thing. Sorting out a potential mess on the ground on diversion might be good experience but as a one-off suddenly expected to become OIC troops of various ranks, services and others - no thanks. They want a ground loadie - then fly one on the sortie.