I left in '98. The RAF had been gaining downhill momentum for some years, and, even then, I felt I left four or five years later than I should have done. Now, nearly 10 years later, the cries from you guys of overstretch, lack of pastoral care, and ever-lower sinking morale suggest that the RAF (and probably the RN and Army too) have passed the point of losing credibility as fighting forces outside the US umbrella, and are rapidly approaching the point where the decline becomes irreversible and unstoppable.
I can only suggest that you attempt to find more enlightened and purposeful employers, for whom politics are an interference and a distraction, not their reason for living.