Quarters are cr@p, commuting is cr@p, so how about pay the expensive staff enough that they could actually afford to buy their own house within 40miles of where these people have decided to consolidate our assets? (You can guess which Oxon airfield I am referring to..)
Well indeed. Back in 1984, a basic 2-bedroom semi in Witney cost around £30K. According to an historic inflation calculator, that should be £91500 today... But it isn't. The current price is roughly 3 times that figure - which is frankly ridiculous.
How the hell will any JO aircrew graduating from advanced flying training to an ME OCU be able to afford to live near Brize, with such absurd house prices? And of course it's even worse for others...
Madness...
