I think it's pretty much 'horses for courses' as far as how happy or not you are...If you joined the light blues some 20 years ago(as i did) you may have some reason to feel sad at the decline in numbers and 'how things used to be'. If you have joined recently you would'nt know any different as far as workload and deployments go...
As it happens I am not particuarly low in the morale stakes but I did share a few beers with some groundcrew off multiple platforms (it was a stag) and I could barely move my feet for the pile of iron filings around them...ie they had so many axes to grind!
I agree with a lot of the sentiments on this thread...not all are unhappy but then not all are getting shafted or the shafting is of various lengths and frequency...ohh! I have had to learn to put up, shut up and smile
Best wishes Vim