siseman:
What appalled me the most was the fact these staff officers were aircrew - not blunties. And yet the blunties get the dirty end of the stick for screwing around the operational stuff!
Indeed, there were Sky Gods aplenty (in the library with the stiletto). There were also blunties (in the basement with the lead pipe), but where were the Engineers?
"But Holmes, there were no Engineers!"
"Precisely, Watson. Precisely!"