tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post5586072019894123330..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: A Nice storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-9155908505538476082011-07-25T08:53:15.392+01:002011-07-25T08:53:15.392+01:00Well, nice though the sentiment is ...
Yes, you d...Well, nice though the sentiment is ...<br /><br />Yes, you do sometimes fly to Afghanistan through Cyprus. Often not, however. But always on an RAF or MoD charter jet from Brize Norton.<br /><br />RAF airline food is marginally better than short-haul Easyjet (if only because it's free!) But there is no first-class food (some of the charter jets do have "business class" sections, but all you get is a better seat.)<br /><br />And I'm not aware of any immediately-pre-operations training carried out in Cyprus (note that this doesn't mean it never happens). You do do your short operational decompression there on your way back - a chance for you to get reacquainted with beer (after 6 months, excluding your R&R, stone-cold sober) and work out that not everybody, who isn't one of your mates, is trying to kill you.<br /><br />And, even now, soldiers on civvy flights, where you don't get free food provided (or just a snack rather than a meal) are entitled to buy a meal and claim it back. Although most will do (as I do) x + chips'n'beer at the terminal and claim that.Surreptitious Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411103584747731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-88450498920563743802011-07-24T20:40:51.591+01:002011-07-24T20:40:51.591+01:00That there's an American and British version s...That there's an American and British version says it's probably made up, but it's still a damn good story.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-4912008415318023192011-07-24T19:05:29.269+01:002011-07-24T19:05:29.269+01:00Thanks for sharing the story FE.
No doubt someone...Thanks for sharing the story FE.<br /><br />No doubt someone at HMRC will be working out a way of trying to obtain the relevant 'Benefit in Kind' tax revenue.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.com