My opinion (and this is only for the RAF) is that for the majority of members serving, life has not really changed in the last 20+ years. The majority of personnel only do an OOA once every 5-10 years and I still know quite a few people that have never done one.
Are you taking the P1ss? Are you actually in the RAF! On the SH force you can expect to spend one third of your life in some God for saken sh!te0hole - thats a lot of time away from friends and family! Your statistics may be true for the F3 fleet but as for most other people, they regularly deploy to places where they get shot/mortared/rocketed as a daily fact of life... but at least they get a 1% increase in 'x-factor'! I suggest you wake up to what is actually happening in HM Forces or please stop posting on this site!