Goudie
Ah, they rant and then just get on with their life...........
That will be why the PVR rate at some RAF stations is currently quoted as 16-17%. There are embargos to prevent people from leaving from certain locations. Most people in the RAF know at least 3 people close to them leaving in the near future. There was a thread on here not long ago about all the QFIs on the Nimrod OCU having PVRed. The numbers of career list Sqn Ldrs leaving (because they consider themselves financially disadvantaged compared to PA spine Flt Lt) being unsustainable to the extent the RAF is working on a fix. The number of Sqn commanders, Stn Cdrs and supposedly even 1*s, AOCs, etc currently PVRing is previously unheard of.............
Yes, if you can't take it/a joke/the heat/etc... then leave. Unfortunately that is exactly what they are doing.....or are you from the 'those aren't the sort of people we want in the RAF anyway' mindset.....!!
Most of the people who 'whinge' on here actually are just highlighting the way things are in the hope of getting some improvements, because the normal command chain isn't working, and believe it or not, they still "care" for a service they believe is going rapidly downhill.....
It is not what it was like in the 50s-70s!!!!