In some ways, I admire your dogged loyalty, despite the fact you seem to be a lone voice. In a way, it is an endearing quality.
On this forum, yes, you seem to be right. Not many supporting me, but it's still what I genuinely feel.
But referring to your own service as 'whinging crabfats' is har to reconcile with the above.
I was trying to get others to see our Service from the perspective of the other two Services. We do have a bit of a reputation .... there must be someone who agrees with me on that one? I just didn't want to unnecessarily live up to it!
It's almost as if you love the RAF and the CAS, but none of the other members, and certainly none of the ones with an opinion.
I'm proud of the Service and I've worked for CAS during TELIC and met him on a couple of occasions afterwards, and have found him to be a genuinely interested and professional officer. I know of many others who would agree with that. Please don't confuse disagreement with disliking. As I've previously stated, healthy debate is a good thing, it's where it is done that I find uncomfortable.
Good luck when we have all gone. It may well change for the better as new blood enters with no knowledge of what the RAF used to be, but I don't think so.
The RAF has always been full of those who 'remember the good old days'. The world changes and therefore we need to change with it.
Apologies for accusing you of being RN, but you do give that impression.
Fair Call ... No Offence taken!
Those who think that the Heads of the three Services are not involved in politics are, in my opinion very, very naive in the extreme.