NutLoose,
Fair point. I suppose that is just as good a reason NOT to have service catering as my original suggested reason to have it.
How many Messes are RAF staffed I wonder?
Talking of contractorisation and privatisation, has anyone seen the tender document for Project GATEWAY at RAF Brize Norton?
It is soliciting bids for, amongst other things: airfield services and operations, including Fire, Air Traffic and specialist airfield MT. Fleet management and TASKING of the RAF Air Mobility fleet. (Tasking?) First line maintenance of ALL the squadrons based there. 2nd line bays, engineering support and logistics support.
What with the existing level of contractorisation at Brize Norton that will leave the station with almost no junior ranks, a very strange position to have at the largest RAF station.
No wonder they put all of the accommodation works on hold...
By the way, it is on the Brize web site so it IS in the public domain.