JAFO's post struck a cord with me. Perhaps it is just the anonymity of Pprune - but pertaining to the Air Force, there do seem to have been far more negative threads over the past 18months than before. Perhaps there is just more negativity in light of the most recent defence spending reviews across all three services?
I left 20 years ago and peruse this forum as I am still generally interested in what is going on. I also have a few mates who are still in and very occasionally wonder what I'd be doing if I had stayed!
Very possibly, retraining for a "Do you want fries with that?," job!
Stik