Why do you lot suddenly think it is big and clever to try and overload the supply chain into a operational theatre? Are you thinking that with enough shoe boxes filled with tat and sweets we can overthrow the government and suddenly get a shiny new fleet of AT dedicated to BFPO?
I see the air bridge stats on a weekly basis and be assured that there are large figures of mail bags going out there. The public got all 'goody box happy' about 18 months ago and it seems like it is rounding the buoy for another time.
Regardless of what we all think - we have a finite air bridge into theatre. We have troops on the ground who need the high priority freight quickly - so it is sent by air. We all want more AT - but we've not got it.