Excellent point TBM.......

The guys at Strategic we're suckered into getting an AOC for the troop movements by senior military folk under the auspices of greater safety. The same military folk then went off to find cheaper options as the incumbent attempted to amortise the cost of 'gaining' and 'maintaining' the AOC across the contract price.

Nepotism
noun
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:

Mods take exception to your ludicrous, incorrect and inaccurate insinuation! :=

You've also linked to a subscriber-only article in The Australian! Never link a PPRuNe Post to any site which requires a subscriber to pay! :=

Many threads get shut down for a number of very, very valid reasons, the two most common being: Incorrect or libellous criticism or statements; and the thread has drifted so far off the original topic, it is irrelevant and impossible to steer back to the original topic.

Just like this thread - closed due to totally irrelevant thread drift! :yuk: