I've done route support on several trails where the jets have gone u/s & delayed us for considerable periods - I don't recall much complaining from the AT & AAR chaps, & certainly no posts on here!
I was also on the Typhoon trail to Singapore a few years ago, where we got as far as Akrotiri & they had to send back to the UK for another jet. To make up for the delay we pushed on to Singapore on min ground time everywhere. Later saw an article on the trip in that fine publication, Air Force Monthly, which claimed that the trail only arrived late because one of the C130Js went u/s - ungrateful b*****ds!