Obviously the RAF benefits to a certain extent as those who exercise regularly have less time off sick and are more productive
...but they take more time off for 'sport' and leave us fat bastards to pick up the slack doing the real job...more productive my fat arse!
the penalties for failiure are going to be harsher and more stringently enforced
No they aren't. Not whilst there are different standards for males and females - this amounts to gender discrimination, which the MoD has, in its wisdom, decided not to exempt the armed forces from. If a bloke can pass the (currently pathetic) fermale standard, but fails to make the male standard, any sanction imposed would be unlawful.
my opinion unfortunately counts for nothing
The first correct statement you have made in this thread.