"And when did you think that you'd be flying home to the UK, airman?"
Merely carrying out orders, Beags, and for the very reason that you illustrate usually delivered by the resident Corporal, if not the O i/c himself. Route Hotels then had very little SO accommodation available, and the sudden inflationary pressures of this change in policy took time to adapt to.
Hope I didn't touch a nerve, Sir? Am I to understand that I won't be welcome on a flight home that you are commanding, Sir? Should I tell my CO that, Sir?