Well, what can one expect from the journalists at the BBC when pprune forum-dwellers insist upon referring to Air Marshals and their ilk as "their Airships". Journo takes it
one step further and voila:
Air force admirals and their procurement officers, meanwhile, feel the soaring and unpredictable fuel costs could hint at potential fuel scarcity.
The only purpleness I see arising from this article will be a consequence of some Anglo-Saxon vernacular rather than in matters of doctrine