Originally Posted by Grabbers
I reckon a mover is probably at the root of all this.
Could well be right, but it would have been a blue one if it was.
In my day, the Transop for the AMF and RM winter exercises that authorised whatever (like accom, extra crew composition etc) was issued at the start of the exercise before Xmas leave etc and the return flight details issued as an addendum a few months later. That being the case, I can well believe that at the time the original issue, that no host accomodation would have been able to be confirmed, it was just to far down the line.
As someone who used to be sat in the tent at the end of runway, I can sympathise, but I know there is a lot more to it than just the Crabs are in the hotel again.