I've heard another rumour that Army & Navy head sheds arent impressed with us having imprests, as it's not in the spirit of jointery/JPA. Maybe it isnt, however, its in the interests of flight safety.
I've seen a co-pilot (on a 2 person flight deck) out of their seat for almost 3 hours on a pond crossing, counting the pennies under the capped actuals system. This was on a relatively small crew. Said person could'nt get it to tally, then back in seat for the last hour for the descent & cheeky X-wind landing. Nice!
We all had to hang around the sqn sorting it out for a good hour afterwards. Just what you need after a 14 hours day. As long as the adminers are happy then to hell with flight safety!
No doubt, our senior officers will put up a 'overarching & robust' argument to maintain the status quo
