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24th Nov 2008, 06:53

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Originally Posted by Grabbers

I did laugh when I read that some of his 'beef' was with those who whilst not breaking any rules, didn't follow the spirit of the system.

Many moons ago one CAS was horrified when he found that pay was exceeding 50% of the RAF Vote. He thought we should be happy with less and not push for more pay.

Not long after it was revealed that some £0.5m - half a Vulcan in those days, half a Tiffy in today's money - was unclaimed in T&S. Ever since I saw it my duty to keep that underclaim as low as I could

Now T&S is always seen as the easy hit. Back in the 70s - to stay here where T&S is expensive or divert to there where it is cheaper but will require more fuel to fly a second leg home.

Or the 80s with charging for stays in the mess on weekend landaways; OK, we won't go then

So is education for the Services. But education was always seen as a benefit to the individual, the Service and the country.

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