The fact is - we need to lose a few pounds.
Why? I have yet to see a convincing argument, other than "'cos the Army keeps taking the pi$$ out of us" - so ferkin what?
If you want to go on operations you have to be fit.
Fit for what? Do we have a whole swathe of people being deployed who are unfit to do their job? Do we have techies dropping like flies whilst fixing aircraft? Do we have scribblies colapsing under the tremendous strain of stamping R&R flight applications? Are whole hordes of coppers dying on their feet at the camp gates? Is the flying programme faling apart because fat aircrew can't keep up?
No, the ONLY people who are keeling over in theatre are those racing snakes who are utterly stupid enough to attempt strenous exercise in conditions of extreme heat and dryness. The simple fact is, we are fit enough to do our jobs, and that's all that matters. If the Army wish to take the piss out of the more rotund of us, let them. Unlike them, we have no requirement to run around fields or deserts with guns and 100lb packs.
FACT - the RAF loses more productivity due to people sloping off for sport, and due to sports-related injuries, than anything else. Trying to enforce higher standards of 'fitness' than we actually require will only result in breaking more people who were perfectly fit enough to do their job in theatre in the first place. If the jockstrappers feel the need to jockstrap to satisfy their own sense of inadequacy, let them. The rest of us will just quietly get on with doing our jobs.