Lightnings are terrible to service and unreliable. NOT

It is a little known fact that one of the the stipulations of the BAC Saudi Support contrct was that they maintained a 60% OR [operational readiness] state.
given say 19 [counting of my old list of tail numbers] operational aircraft less 2 on Q one spare 3 on deep and given that on average half of the remainder did a 45 min per day that call it 10 hrs air time. Given that Lightning requires 100 hours servicing per hour flight time that equals 1000 man hours from finish of flying at say 1400 to OR cut off at say 0600 lass one hour for shift hand over equals 15 hours ish. Thats 66 bods flat out for 16 hours. No I didnt remember it was like that. You could just about muster two 16 hour shifts back to back then you were ******** for a couple of days at least.
so we must conclude, in Saudi at least, the 100 hour figure is a little over the top.
Moral
Given a quality team operating a lightning is entirely possible, but it has to be a quality team. I have to take my hat of to Beachyhead, Pover and the gang. well done chaps.