I think Advo had a very important point that most gloss over - the RAF has certainly changed in my 16 years, but I have changed more!
What I wanted to do and enjoyed doing as a young, free, single 21 year old are not the same as I want to do as a married, 2 kids 38 year old. Equally the RAF dont offer FJ flying to many 38+ Sqn Ldrs and even fewer 40 something Wg Cdrs (if I work hard!) And that is what I love doing and why I joined.
So I'm probably going to leave, and do something different. But would I change what a did? Never. I have achieved what I always wanted to do as a kid and had an amazing time flying high-performance (if Bootflap can exaggerate so can I!) aircraft with some great people. Would I recommend it to a youngster today? Yes, without hesitation.
Sorry if this is an aircrew oriented post, but thats what I am.
