This thread appears to be getting rather childish. Stories of living in squalor and 'I had it harder than you, living in t'shoebox in t'road' are not going to help.
The basic fact lies in that we have been let down. Granted the AT/AAR fleet has lived in nice hotels in the past, but that is no reason that now we should pay for it. The demand is not for 5* accomodation. It is simply for a decent nights sleep, tent, hut or hotel, but not next to an active runway during real-world, maximum tasking ops.
We have been let down by all. And if the stories of Condors and HF reports not being answered are true, then the goodwill of the IFS organisation and its impartiality in preventing accidents has been lost. FJ, RW or ME we should be supporting each other in this. We should be helping each other as a team in geting hygienic, reasonable conditions.
This is likely to be the first of many ops under the banner of fighting terror. If we don't beat the budget managers now, then when or if the FJ or RW world gets heavily involved, don't come crying on here about having it hard. The precedence will have been set. And if we were seen to live with it, then so will you.