Quite a lot of negativity on this thread, which frankly is hardly surprising.
Apart from pilots seduced by airline pay, a lot of people probably left the RAF when their bucket of poo became larger than their bucket of fun.
Not many people were asked why they'd PVR'd and what the RAF could do to persuade them to change their minds. So anyone even contemplating rejoining the mob should do a spot of navel gazing and ask themselves why they left in the first place - and whether the cause(s) have now been mitigated.