Perhaps the main reason he loves his job is that, unlike most AR/AT folk in HMFC, his ac is younger than he is..... And it can certainly do the biz!
In fact AirTanker make the point that when A330 wins the FSTA contract, being associated with a current generation aeroplane will be a highly motivating issue for many in the mob. Not because it'll make it easier for them to get an airline job, but because it'll be brand spanking new. The smell of 'new aeroplane' is something most AR/AT people will never have known. People will love to go tanking in it! Or to work on it. Or even trucking.....
Then there'll be A400M to look forward to. A380-generation avionics in a highly capable 21st century airlifter which'll be at least 100 kts TAS faster in the cruise than the digitally re-mastered 130Joke.