Getting Compassionate cases home when necessary is one thing the RAF does get right I'm pleased to say. Laying on an aircraft/helicopter as and when, or diverting en route not a problem.
I wonder if this practise might become a problem once the A330 is well and truly esconced as the RAF's AT an AAR asset? Can anyone in-the-know offer an opinion on whether 'hours availability' could restrict Comp flights?
Why did they have to do loops over the city with the gear down to burn off fuel, they could have just dumped fuel to get down to max landing weight?
Fuel dump system U/S?