Avtur:
I'm not getting into a flame war here - nor will I bite.
The whines of the crew at our brief forward deployment from BAH revolved almost exclusively around their sleeping arrangements and 3 days without rates. The engineering support from neither the techies nor myself was ever questioned.
I might add, not all of the flight crew whined, so apologies if I tarred all with one brush.
And to clarify - I wasn't a DOB EngO at AlUdeid, I came with the VC10s.