There was no shortage of outrage on here when it emerged that MPs were "having some fun" with public money!
Mr Stab: Hardly the same, the MPs were lining their pockets by cheating on the rules. This chap killed 2 birds with a single stone, so to speak, by getting in some rough field landing training whilst saving the butcher from having to drive to the airport to deliver his steak.
Where was the monetary gain for this pilot? He would've obtained his meat anyway but by his method he actually achieved some valuable training.
I remember the days when people who were detached could use up their monthly SCT allowance on a Fri pm/ Mon am, flying to & from the bases where their families lived in MQs to save them from a long drive home. Was this fraud? Or creative use of an already budgeted for flying allowance that killed 2 birds with one stone? The ac weren't used over the weekend anyway.
We live in sad times....