REMF's*! Haven't heard that one for a while
!
Any of the local secretaries in Financial or the basings office would check the Hong Kong taxation ordinance and have the nous to consult with HKIRD
before 'onshoring' the based crew; the highly-paid 'suits' sure didn't.
And here we go, they're crying 'poor' again
. As they are already short of cockpit crew it will be interesting whether the pilots get (or not get) SLS if they go that way... I'm sure we will be expected to be seen to be 'taking one for the team' in another form.
They can go and poop in their hats.
*For you non-military types, the first two letters of the acronym stand for 'Rear Echelon'. The last two can be easily deduced.