Thought I'd post some more, as my last was a bit short.
Welcome back Stew
Will - looks like things are working out OK for you.
Congratulations to HB and Dave for your respective funding appearing.
HB's is no doubt due to the usual end-of-year rush that always happens with Govt Depts. They scrimp all year to make the budget last, then realise that there is some left over, so have to spend it otherwise they can't get as much next year.
I remember being in at the very start of a new RAF flying training unit many years ago, and the Instructors were fly every possible hour they could, much more than they could possibly need to develop the course. So I asked one of them why they were causing us engineers so much work by flying so much for seemingly no reason and continually breaking the aircraft
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The answer was that the fuel allowance they would get once the courses actually started would be based on their fuel burn during the course development, not actually worked out on the number of flying hours the course consisted off!!
Dave - doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise why your MD is on board
A lot of tidying up required.
