Then we had the dispersal ex on tin triangles where the reversion system was to change at midnight. True to form we got the RS05 followed sharpley by the RS02. Six of HM's finest were mounted up and taxyed to the end of the runway, at 2345 awakening all and sundry within five miles.
At 0001 the revert to RS15 was given using the old system...
Smart Alecs to the end, it was duly ignored. At 0030 the Staish had had enough of 24 mighty Olympii roaring away and demanded an end to this ex noise nonsense; the dispersal ops team promised they would do their best to convince the Bomber Controller. The conversation with the Bomber Controller was interesting to say the least, ending with him begging us to do a local reversion. It was pointed out to him that they belonged to him and that we were not empowered to revert the team on pain of death. I mean, can you just imagine the furore if the ops team reverted the congo line on their own?
He was begging for us to do it because he had screwed up and forgotten the new codewords. He would now have to call a V. Senior Superior old boy to open the safe to get the codes. Hey ho, life is such a bitch at times and then you....
At 0100 the correct revert was broadcast through clenched teeth, with the thought of a one-way coffee-free with the C-in-C in the morning, not to mention the whotsit coming off the fan courtesy the C-in-C the host command...
Last edited by FJJP; 1st Jan 2012 at 18:37.