FD Standby,
I'm pretty sure that demobcurious had tongue firmly in cheek.
Mil pilots pay exactly the same tax as everyone else (yes, even when we're not resident in the UK but are on holiday in the Gulf for months on end fighting Blairs wars.)
Don't have kids but not sure we get free childcare either.
Chauffeur - Not friggin likely!!!
Spare plane in case the first one breaks? Well, the first one usually does break and when did we last have spare planes in the RAF? Usually we go back to the crewroom or a host of secondary duties hoping that we might actually get airborne on our next rostered trip.
Salary is ok mind but the scales started tipping a long time ago. That my friend is why we 'sooner or later' (and it's sooner these days) will be applying for the jobs you do.
Oh, the pension is good but not good enough to stop many packing it in early, what does that tell you?
