There wasn't much flying for me today. I made it to bus time after having my £9.50 free breakfast. What's that you say? Well, breakfast is included with the room, so in addition to the £3.50 normal room service fee the hotel tacks on an additional £6 fee for putting your selected breakfast on a tray if you ask them to deliver. I figure since I didn't eat last night that's at least £10 worth of meal I can afford to spend on breakfast.
Since the Colonel wanted to fly again and the aircraft commander still hadn't been in the seat, those two went together while I hung around ops for awhile and went back to the room. Still jet-lagged, I just hung around for the few hours until I had to go right back to the base for the welcome BBQ. I haven't driven a right-hand-drive since 1990 when I was in Japan, so it was interesting to get used to shifting with my left and staying on the other side of the road.
The BBQ was pretty good although almost none of the RAF chaps were able to make it since they were flying. After I got some eats and a few free pints courtesy of the Royal Army I took the early bus back to the hotel. Tomorrow we're the backup crew for the other plane so hopefully we can get released early and go sightseeing.
