Let us be clear about what OA is for. It is paid to personnel subjected to the "risk and rigour" of the operational environment and is in addition to the X Factor within basic pay. Note that it isn't paid to those suffering just the rigours (which the X Factor is supposed to cover). Believe it or not, even that fat WAAF handing out the blueys is subjected to both risk and rigour, albeit on a different scale to a soldier under constant attack in a PB. Aircrew overflying Libya, and Sailors within Libyan territorial waters, are indeed subjected to the risk and of course the rigours of the operational environment.
I can not hold anything against someone who gets an allowance that I don't, especially given that they qualify for it and I do not. LSA is being paid to those supporting Op ELLAMY away from home and rightly so. When OA didn't exist, everyone just got on with their job on Ops; why with it now being paid do so many people complain about not getting it?