Whilst it's true that the uninitiated sometimes lack the experience to understand the maintenance support required for any aircraft type, it's worth pointing out that the RAF was well-known for its high level of over-servicing. It's probably not a great comparison to make, but the piddle-poor despatch reliability of the C-130K in RAF service (80% or less if I recall?) would probably have bankrupted your average airline. Conversely most "civilian MU[s]" (MROs we call then nowadays) or airlines themselves are able to routinely achieve 99.5% despatch reliability - and more - on aircraft which are of far higher complexity than a number of the aircraft being discussed here.