Gas Fitter.
You really are a bit of a Knob. Before you gleefully rub your hands together, this is not a bite, its a statement of fact.
It's tuesday evening, and I have already worked twenty-eight hours this week. I could moan about that, but the fact is, I programmed myself to fly within that period, but I care about what I do, and want to do it to the best of my ability.
I would be the same if I worked in ASDA, and will be when I take up a new career in two years(though hopefully not with ASDA). That doesn't mean things are fine, because they aren't, a fact that seems obvious to everyone but you.
If things were peachy, I would be clammering to accept the offer to sign on til 55, instead of opting to leave at my earliest pension point (which if Seldom is believed, is the same decision you made...apart from my pension being SUBSTANTIALLY larger).
The fact that I am motivated, and contributing a great deal at home and very regularly overseas, is due to my own work ethic, not the fact that the RAF is great.
And to answer your question, if I wasn't leaving in two years, we wouldn't be having this discussion, as I would have long since PVR'd.
Now, I don't know anything about you. You are either a wind up merchant, who hasn't realised the wind up is over, or your a blind obedient fool. But I am satisfied that you are one or the other, but only you know which one. Food for thought mate.
WM