I think it's utterly ridiculous and CAS should be ashamed of himself. It's "Jobsworthism" at its very worst.
It's doubly annoying that Cosford disposed of a VC10 with the supposed knowledge than a RAF example would replace it in due course. One can only hope that the aircraft can be dismantled at Bruntingthorpe and transported to Cosford by road, but if it is going to Bruntingthorpe, one assumes it's going there to be scrapped like all the others, although perhaps it might be an opportunity to save a "proper" RAF VC10 rather than the one that the folks at Bruntingthorpe are planning to save?
But no matter how you look at it, the saga is shambolic and a disgrace. Another example of the RAF Museum being rather too selective in deciding what's worth preserving and what isn't, and a brilliant example of how even a CAS can be an utter prat! Shame it's too late to get the media on board to highlight this shameful saga. Not much point in even trying to get the aviation media on board as they've been toothless for years!