Only now asking for volunteers? Where is Jervis?
I am stunned by that circular e-mail. I had no idea so little work had been done prior to the show!
This beggars a question for Turner/Wakeman/Jervis. Since this show was advertised as star studded (not one star seen) and many features such as the world speed record car and other non-RAF attractions were not there, yet Jervis and Co were paid for these, why are they asking service personnel to give up their time when Jervis should be providing all the attractions he promised for Abingdon and yet more for Kinross?
Have RAFPR been told by Jervis that none of the promised attractions are going to associate with their failure? Does the RAFPR department now have to fill in the complete blanks with whatever it can find? Is Jervis going to return the money?
On last point, since Turner admitted that the private companies involved in SoA are risk managing and therefore presumably taking any profits, is it reasonable to ask busy RAF personnel to give up their weekend to line the pockets of private companies? In fact, is it reasonable to ask the British Public to pay extortionate fees to private companies to see assets they not only paid for, but in fact own?