FV - you are herby fined a large quantity of beer for daring to print the name of The Scottish Officer in your post! That is the height of indiscretion - it's as bad as going on to the stage and saying "Does anyone know a Mr Macb*th?"
Seriously though, the best financial savings could be made by flogging off the Monastery of Doom's main building and relocating all the brass hats....to V****y!!
Would the Army sell off Chelsea Barracks? Or Sandhurst?? Someone's got to get a reality check here!! Admittedly not much goes on at St Mawgan these days, but the other bases mentioned are pretty well bursting at the seams as it is. Add to that the cost of any new buildings which must meet current legislation rather than the decaying WWII infrastructure most people have to put up with......runway strengthening, hangarage, cargo handling, bulk fuel installations, explosive storage areas, taxiways, domestic accommodation - that's assuming, of course, that there'd be anyone left to fly them. Not many
aircrew families living in the Brize/Lyneham area are going to br prepared to move - unless it's to the airlines in a couple of years when they're back up to strength.
Treasury -$od off! BŁoody well pay up and shut the f*ck up - we're the ones always called upon to join in Tony's little adventures and so far we've had bug ger all thanks for it!
[ 25 November 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]