Of course a considerable amount more than £2,000 could have been saved,
for the front line, if the Exercise (I am assuming it is an Exercise and Bardufoss isn't full of Libyans, AQ, or Brits requiring evacuation) had been cancelled in the first place....
Oh yes, the operating cost of Typhoon has been quoted as £80,000 an hour - get 1 Typhoon pilot to do one less circuit at the end of a sortie and you save about £6,000! Simples!!!
What are the operating costs of a Type 45 per day, a air defence Destroyer without any air defence missiles...
How much does it cost to run a challenger tank for a day......
People in glass houses..........