Left in Sep and have just logged on to see how you're coping without me. Same old same old it appears. Saddamslovechild suggested utilising the AFBLT. It appears to have escaped everyones notice but the AFBLT was disbanded in 2005 following, but "apparently" unrelated to, a highly critical report from the team representing the views of the very people with whom CAS now wishes to engage. He wasn't CAS then, of course, but his current boss was and I doubt that the reluctance of the airships (or is that heads) to acknowledge bad news has improved with time. It was the first report not to be released and perhaps that tells you something.
Accept it guys. The military will always be the poor reltion of the public sector. Tommy this etc, and each of us, sorry you, has to weigh up the pros and cons and make a decision about staying in or not. If you choose to stay then stay safe and squeeze every last drop out that you can but remember: no one likes a miserable bugger so lighten up.