CHp Exactly. So we need facilities or access to facilities such as childcare to get a normal days work out of these people. If they need to leave the service environment for a period and come back in after they are better placed then that helps out too. You retain 1 and possibly 2 people for longer, the singlies work less, morale is higher etc etc. The RAF can't just do nothing and tell those with kids to get on with it, it doesn't work that way, especially for the mothers. If you do that they will end up prioritising their lives for you and you end up in the situation you describe. Thats been the point of my posts all along. I was a singly once you know.