Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant – the force’s second most senior officer who is in charge of attacks in Libya and Afghanistan – should have been at a sports ground about a mile away for a presentation... Sir Simon – a former jet pilot with a geography degree – was dropped off in time to present a cup to the local Air Training Corps yesterday. He said of pitching up at the wrong ground: “It was probably my fault”.
Good on him for coming clean but perhaps he should have gone to Specsavers. What's that old chestnut about officers and maps?
At least he's no longer designating ground targets (he isn't, is he?).