you couldnt march to No 10 on it!
 

The fiasco that is PAYD would not allow an army to march on its stomach to No 10 and as a Commander I have no right to meddle in the financial affairs of my troops. Nor can I take the action I used to be able to do, like confiscate their cheque books and credit cards and deal direct with creditors to either protect the reputation of the service or the individual.

The MOD is being hoisted by its own petard, but it is us that must suffer; A roof or some sort of protection over our heads, 3 meals a day even if they are compo, and somewhere to let off steam, PAYD erodes 2 of these fundamentals of service life and is affecting the 3rd with the drive to close down sqn bars etc. The distinct difference from a camp with PAYD to a camp that is still 'service' is vast and should clearly illustrate to those in town that this, together with MHS and JPA should be revisited and someone with testicles or a good dose of oestrogen should reverse the erosion of the basic tennets of service life. :mad: but they wont.

I spent 25 years in the RAF and heard about PAYD while being a space cadet thats going back 30 years.

The trial of PAYD has been going on aleast 5 years now may be more....... come off it they know what in good and bad about it but the truth is that lawyers are waitng in the shadows........ PAYD or back to the old method is only going to raise money for lawyers.

Food is the forces>>>>>>>>never had a good meal except when the AOC was visiting the station.

Of course. we could always just do the right thing, and provide free food for all troops who live in/ and/or require it such as duty personnel etc...

Do prisoners pay for thier food? :ugh:

Do prisoners pay for their food?

Well Bobby Sands died a rich man ..... he saved his dinner money each day!

:ok:

But he still had to pay his Telephone Bill.

His number was 8040, his mate was 80402 :E

Many, many moons ago (I left the RAF in 1973) one of the reps on the Airmen's Messing Committee stood up at one of the regular meetings and complained about the lack of choices for lunch. The grizzled WO i/c Catering raised his eyebrows and remarked that every day there were 14 choices for lunch, including a steak bar, a salad bar, a curry bar etc, etc. The aforesaid rep responded with "But it's the same 14 every day" :ugh:
My only comment on the current thread is that I ate in Army messes for 3 years (as a Cpl) and although the Army Catering Corps did their best they did not seem to get the same quality of food as that provided to the RAF messes. However, it was a long time ago!