To pick up on the point that PJHQ weren't aware of the problems before the IFS letter went in - what happened to all the Assessreps that I KNOW included an almost daily diatribe on the state and location of the tented accomodation?
Has someone been filtering out the things they thought people higher up didn't want to hear? Heaven forbid!
I spent seven weeks at Seeb on Veritas/Oracle, and had to sleep with earplugs in every night. Admittedly, the noise was at its worst during SSII (with seven VC-10s that can't help but be extremely loud) but what is frustrating is that nothing has changed, except for the catering....
I'm not aircrew, but fatigued ground crew or mission support staff can make mistakes that have equally catestrophic results as tired aviators.
Have a care, O illustrious leaders - we can only take so much of this.
To those on the Op - fly safe chaps.
CV
(Message sent from another piece of desert....)