Liz Truss.
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LBC and BBC both moaning about the Foreign Secretary using '336 for a flight to Oz for a meeting (held annually) with government officials.
LBC are claiming the fligtht cost £500K and included her delegation plus her security team so there were too many going to use a commercial flight.
LBC are claiming the fligtht cost £500K and included her delegation plus her security team so there were too many going to use a commercial flight.
LBC and BBC both moaning about the Foreign Secretary using '336 for a flight to Oz for a meeting (held annually) with government officials.
LBC are claiming the fligtht cost £500K and included her delegation plus her security team so there were too many going to use a commercial flight.
LBC are claiming the fligtht cost £500K and included her delegation plus her security team so there were too many going to use a commercial flight.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
It was the Titan A321, which is on an exclusive lease to the government for 2 years.
And, yes, the lease works out at about £100K a day, so a 5 day trip costs out at about £500K, but it would cost the same sitting in the ground - so it seems sensible to use it if it had no other planned tasking.
And, yes, the lease works out at about £100K a day, so a 5 day trip costs out at about £500K, but it would cost the same sitting in the ground - so it seems sensible to use it if it had no other planned tasking.
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It would be interesting to see what the contract involves and covers, operating an aircraft involves parking fees, maintenance and insurance costs, sitting on the ground means increased parking costs and increased maintenance costs per hour of utilisation. There will be an optimum hours per year flying to reduce the costings per hour.
They’d be sh*tting kittens if they ever saw the costs they used to spend on prepping a VC10 ( and spare ) for a Royal.
I bet the Chileans at home are not kicking up a fuss over their 767 visiting Waddington
They’d be sh*tting kittens if they ever saw the costs they used to spend on prepping a VC10 ( and spare ) for a Royal.
I bet the Chileans at home are not kicking up a fuss over their 767 visiting Waddington
And, yes, the lease works out at about £100K a day, so a 5 day trip costs out at about £500K, but it would cost the same sitting in the ground - so it seems sensible to use it if it had no other planned tasking.
I’m sure the left would be happier to send HM’s foreign secretary by Air Asia X, until they gain power of course. Then the brown ale and sandwiches go in the bin and the champagne and caviar appears.
Complete non-story.
Complete non-story.
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Many moons ago a certain airline won a contract worth millions to service and overhaul a fleet of jets from out in the desert, staff were sent to sign the contracts over at the new jet owners HQ abroad, now the airline also had a budget airline and the staff members were booked on a flight out to the HQ’s city, unfortunately the said airline had a policy that fare paying Pax had priority over staff so they were bumped off the jet to allow Doris and her offspring with their £10 tickets to fly off to the sun…. Much apologies over the phone and arrangements made to fly out the next day….. I think you can guess what happened, in the end the Customer flew over to the U.K. to sign the contract.
Following this nihilistic line of thinking, Ministers should take the bus rather than having chauffeur driven cars, meet in hessian tents rather that refurbished houses of parliament, and so on.
We are a significant sovereign nation (despite it being hard to believe at times) and should act accordingly. If the C02 emissions are bothering us so much, we might be better advised to start with Easyjet etc
We are a significant sovereign nation (despite it being hard to believe at times) and should act accordingly. If the C02 emissions are bothering us so much, we might be better advised to start with Easyjet etc
So Grangela is outraged that the Foreign Secretary uses a charter, rather than a commercial flight, when travelling
1. To Australia to discuss a highly sensitive tripartite agreement
2. During an ongoing crisis involving an potential European conflict
3. Over a duration of 19 hours
All of which will require discussion with her team and potentially SoS Defence and other Whitehall departments. What could possibly go wrong doing that on a commercial flight........?
It is a sad reflection on the capabilities of the media that no-one has pointed that out.
1. To Australia to discuss a highly sensitive tripartite agreement
2. During an ongoing crisis involving an potential European conflict
3. Over a duration of 19 hours
All of which will require discussion with her team and potentially SoS Defence and other Whitehall departments. What could possibly go wrong doing that on a commercial flight........?
It is a sad reflection on the capabilities of the media that no-one has pointed that out.
As falcon900 and others say, there are certain things that require a certain physical presence. If this trip was to discuss important issues, then the UK needed to impress. The cost of this trip seem eye-watering to us mere mortals, but we are probably not very conversant with the sums involved in running a country.
The refurbishment of St Pancras railway station in London was apparently £800 million. HS2 will cost ~ £80 billion or more, which makes £500 thousand just small change. Having said that, it does seem excessive, and one wonders why they couldn't use a scheduled BA flight for example - assuming the service is running? Perhaps standard passenger aircraft security is not sufficient for Government ministers?
The refurbishment of St Pancras railway station in London was apparently £800 million. HS2 will cost ~ £80 billion or more, which makes £500 thousand just small change. Having said that, it does seem excessive, and one wonders why they couldn't use a scheduled BA flight for example - assuming the service is running? Perhaps standard passenger aircraft security is not sufficient for Government ministers?
"The refurbishment of St Pancras railway station in London was apparently £800 million"
yes but that's around for 50-100 years - half a million sounds an awful lot for a trip to me.
yes but that's around for 50-100 years - half a million sounds an awful lot for a trip to me.