There are of course a lot of remfs who sit around in the relatively safe confines of bastion and khandahar claiming an op allowance whilst driving an air conditioned wagon the 300 yards from their cabin to their blunt desk. They then type out endless e-mails, mank about how Aircrew only do 10-12 weeks, or make some new sign to put up about what you are not allowed to do anymore.
To be honest, I think that tanker and AWACS crews deserve better. Surely a graduated op allowance is the way forward. I wouldn't begrudge the private soldier who lives in a PB and gets malleted every day on a hot patrol if he got more than me. Likewise I might expect to get slightly more than the fat WAAF who doles out the blueys..
There must be a fairer system. Employment of the existing regs for ellamy is just sheer laziness.