Originally Posted by Chris Griffin
FODplod,
you assume a great deal and are quite clearly uninformed. From personal experience as someone on the airborne periphery I know the FJ mates deserve every penny Op Allowance would bring. A lot of utterly pathetic penny pinching is going on. I'm sure more examples will follow.
Are you this rude towards all new posters?
If you read my post again, I said
"I therefore support the payment of the £29 per day operational allowance to all aircrew..." i.a.w. the same rules governing the precedent set for Afghanistan but I can't see why it should apply to non-aircrew who never leave the base in Italy.