I haven't gone through the newly published accounts yet but reading the comments posted on here, a couple of points struck me;
I'm slightly surprised at how surprised people are about what's going on here. We'd worked all of this out a long time ago. Granted, seeing it confirmed in the accounts is still shocking, but all the signs have been clearly there for all to see that this is now just a franchise being milked to pay salaries and pensions.
As they've alluded to before, most of the people donating to the franchise, pay little attention to social media.
I agree fully with the points made previously, that the way that this has gone will have repercussions for other 'return to flight' projects and that will extend to both gaining public and private company support.
I'd be surprised if this story wasn't, eventually, picked up by the media, which will only make it harder for other projects to gain support.
But just to pick up on the headline number. Say it slowly.
Three Quarters of a Million Pounds.
Seven hundred and fifty THOUSAND pounds.
On salaries.
To operate a non flying, non unique, non accessible, museum piece.
Just by way of comparison. The Fleet Air Arm Museum... 18 employees, total staff costs for 2016 - £489k.
Number of individuals receiving over £60k - zero.