Whilst I am sure that those lovely people at BFPO London do a great job, I believe more could be done to support the 'sort' at source. There has to be a way of identifying bona fide (named) mail against that that the Great British Public (GBP) donates to the troops at the front. My question is why aren't the two types separated, with the 'named' mail having a higher priority that that of the GBP mail? "Named" becomes directly allocated by the airlift load planners and the GBP is free streamed into BZZ/LYE and used on an ad-hoc basis to 'top off' the load.
I know that the acft are on a quick-turn down route, but surely if an under load is known at the APOE, then having GBP avail at acft side to max out capacity would be an option. Time is always available, but of course some loadies don't like to be put on the spot - do they?