Thanks for the useful comments here.
A few more points:
The RN is recruiting across all branches and specialisations at the same rate as it has for at least the last 5 years.
We NEED young people to join NOW especially into the aviation related branches.
My viewing of the RAF figures tells me this year has been a blip to prevent too many redundancies and it will begin to creep up. The RN will tell you that you should keep recruiting even when thinning out from the top.
Bismark is spot on about the career and clearly he still loves it as well.
My point here is that whilst the old cynics may be turned off the job and leaving but why aren't the young people even interested (in my time in the RN ..all 22years...there has always been a base group of complete cynics). A rough reading of baseline statistics shows application rates well down.
More Please....!!
