I am for one am happy to pay my taxes to support the guys in Iraq, Afghanistan and all the other places Brown.Blair decide to send the armed forces but I get the impression that is one of the last places said money gets spend on. What I object is to pay for something which is meant for one cause but said course never sees it and it's just plugging holes.
I think Crab was a tad strong on his original post IMHO, but I understand we he is coming from and it had to be said and now people have taken note and become more aware in general.
That an aircraft breaks is as sure as eggs are eggs. To use another aircraft to speedily repair the first is just common sense after all in the SAR business wasted time costs lives.