Thanks for the nostalgia chaps. The tale below is why the subject came up.
It ain't News of the World material, and even if it was, I don't care, 'cos it happened, and I was there.
This is the scene -
One broken down transport aircraft on the East Coast of the North American continent, Operating crew, students, screens, GE, SVC, muppets and 2 passengers - Total of 25 people in a posh hotel.
The 2 man recovery team turn up with the spares, cattle class via another destination. Its 15 hours since their alarms went off and they work for a further 6 hours on our broken aircraft. In fact one of them was not properly rested from part of the previous night's shift!
Anyone familiar with GASO'S will know who carries the can when the accident happens.
Anyway, the promised punchline:-
While we were broken down, we were spending 2 Group's budget! But the recovery team's tickets came from the Station budget. So the Station didn’t care if we stayed an extra day or so, as long as they didn’t have to pay.
Make that 27 people in a posh hotel.
I believe its called ‘Spending a Fiver to save a Penny’
