Climebear,
Thanks very much for your advice, it's given me a number of options to pursue.
Dirty_bugger, southside,
Thank you too for your opinions. I hope that if one day your priorities should change such that you feel you want/need to leave the service, I hope that others won't rush to judge you. I wish you both the best of luck in your future careers, in whatever service you should be in.
Anyone generally:
If push comes to shove, and PMA were to be told that after a certain date, you will regard yourself as no longer being employed by the RAF, what do they tend to do? PMA aren't the only people who can be hard-nosed, and I know of at least one other person who is about to press-to-test.
I don't want opinions as to what people think ought to happen (we're not in the Great War any more). I'm interested in first hand experiences. I've never heard of anyone being charged with desertion.
SBW