Another problem with indulgence flights is that the staff repsonsible for the administration most likely have other duties and simply don't appear to care. Having been fobbed off that that there was no flight and then no space, I had to use specialist knowledge -including flight numbers, aircraft allocations, marks, configurations, roles and known numbers on the detachment to convincve them they needed to do something to get Mrs Aeronut onboard.
Heaven help those that aren't at the coal face with all the gen.
Sorry CraigJ. I wish it were better. A couple of those trips in a career and we would secure so much more goodwill from volunteers such as yourself.
Have a good trip safe in the knowledge you can expect what you paid for.