Training
Since they have next to no one to train in 2013 its all rather academic...
Those that get trained for fast jets will arrive on a frontline Squadron where flying is tightly constrained by cash...
And if they ever go into combat against a real air threat will find they are stuffed by ROE....
Still there's always the Red Arrows post that frontline tour.
Sorry to be so cynical but when I went through in 1980 I had a year on the JP5 at Cranwell, a weekend to get to Valley, a hundred hour course, Kemble MU holding, CFS and back to Valley. Finished Chivenor in 1985 with a 1000hrs Hawk, arrived Binbrook later that year.
Worked hard, flew hard, did not realise at the time how lucky I was in comparison with the disgraceful way we treat the next gen of RAF pilots now..