I heard that they have a policy of not letting everyone go to there base of choice it is because in the event of a base closure only half the people will be discontent.what sort of twisted logic is that.this was apparently said at a base captains meeting.
Its called divide and conquer!!
Its a bit hard to conjure up ideas of industrial action when we are all scattered around the far corners of Europe on different patterns / shifts.
I think this tactic has been successfully deployed for many years now!