Budgets - now there is a memory stirred. Posted as newly qualified CIMA accountant, and newly promoted wg cdr to OC Admin at Wyton, the STC budget trial station. Reg McK had done the short course for budget stn cdrs and we had a very experienced RAF accounting specialist as Budget Manager. Then sadly Reg and his crew died so we quickly trained MF "in house" and 3 months later DH arrived as staish. We quickly found that we gained or lost on the price of a cu metre of avtur. Fortunately, for the next 2 years we gained, overall ISTR about £2m, which conveniently double glazed the patches (both) and put central heating in the airmen's patch. Result, but the AOC was NOT a happy bunny.