I read Sharkey's book a month or so ago too and I thought it was a bloody good read. It did descend into farce however when he began accusing the RAF of 'calculated insults' ie when he wasn't given seniority and allowed to disembark the VC-10 first on return to Brize, when he wasn't invited to the welcome-home party for the returning batallion etc etc. Basically everyone was a w****r except him. I was disappointed because the guy obviously did a brilliant job in the South Atlantic but at the end of the book he simply comes across as a c**k.