Oh dear - Over £40 per day flying pay and free rations when completing my primary duty of operating a large aircraft in hostile enviroments.
I actually love the job and the people I work with but this, and the aircrew ration thread, have made me realise how little respect the vast majority of non-aircrew types actually have for the flying branches.
It saddens me when I think of all the good times I used to have that are now being eroded through petty arguments.
Aircrew get free rations when flying - deal with it.
Aircrew get flying pay, per day - deal with it.
To all those people in the RAF bleating about the above - have a hard think about your loyalties. You are all in a job to support aircraft flown by aircrew. With the current op tempo added to the moaning and winging from non-aircrew types you really should start looking for other employment because at current exit versus recruitment rates the RAF will be 800 frontline pilots short by 2012.
Not enough aircrew=less flying=less airframes required=less support personnel.
Just grow up and stop bleating - or if you can't then just f**k off and stop dragging this once-proud service through the mud.