Diferent trades require different standards of fitness. If the RAF requires all trades to meet a trade specific standards then so be it. They should then schedule me for a regular period in the gym during normal working hours. Its their time and they can, within reason, tell me what to do and where to do it.
But I'll be blowed if I'm going to give up Corrie time running around the peri-track to meet some arbitrary fitness test. Yes, I am "in date and fit" and give the impression of a good attitude towards it......somehow