I think it ironic that having gone up 3 age levels, I will be required to attain 1 level higher than when I was 21.
However, that isn't my point. Taken in isolation, this isn't an overwhelmingly unreasonable request from our lords and masters. What I object to is the timing.
During the busiest time the Armed Forces have had in several decades, the RAF have decided to change everything at the same time.
Fitness testing, pay and conditions, EO, kitting, working practices, lean and pulse, JPA, technician rank structure, rank badges, terms of engagement, blah blah blah.
People do not know whether they are coming or going. For Christ's sake, leave us alone for 12 months to get to grips with the stuff that's already changed.
The goalposts never stop moving, the hoops never stop rising, the beat never slows and the tempo never subsides.
Why are people leaving?.....................