Save the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

[AndyJWest]

But first, you might like to check on the BATTLE of BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT website: http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/inde...77D2E906A0C1C6

You may have seen the article in the Daily Mail today speculating about the future of the BBMF. Air Command have advised us that the potential demise of the BBMF as a cost saving measure is untrue;

There is no plan to cut any funding from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. We routinely review all spending to balance our resources and focus on the highest priority - operations in Afghanistan. A wide range of options are always considered in each annual planning round but not all of these are taken.

The Daily Mail run this story every year. It's nonsense.

[kimosabi]

I'd be pissed off. I'm from Norway and I'd be happy to sign that petition. Hell, bring one of those beauracrats up here and I'll teach 'em some respect. Rats, that's what they are.

[AndyJWest]

Rats, that's what they are.

No, rats is what they would be if they were going to axe the BBMF. They aren't. For some reason this story keeps being reposted on aviation-related forums in spite of the demonstrable falseness of the story. Or do you think the BBMF is going to get the facts wrong?

[Avimimus]

Odd the politicians in my part of the world are either dessicated or made out of rubber.

[JoeA]

Jeez does no one read? This story is false the BBMF is not being axed!

[Insuber]

Interesting. That's a nice example of the paradoxes of communication: people sometimes hear what they expect to hear; in this case they see the ghost of one of the most powerful clichés, the Greedy Politician, or the Evil Bureaucrat.
Similar mechanisms generate the urban legends and Internet hoaxes. Beware of online petitions!

Insuber

[leggit]

The people of the UK would be in uproar if the BBMF was to be axed (which its not). I suspect they would insist that our fat greedy corrupt MP's cut down on their false expense claims before such a national treasure was sold off....even in these tough economic times £3 Million is a small cost and certainly not worth the tongue lashing they would recieve from the British public.

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

But first, you might like to check on the BATTLE of BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT website: http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/inde...77D2E906A0C1C6


The Daily Mail run this story every year. It's nonsense.

i thought that was standard operation procedue for the daily hate...