Aynayda Pizaqvick
Sorry mate, did not mean to upset you, but I think you missed my point.
I agree that there are quite a few that are on continual ops, particularly in the SH world. I know many lads/lasses that spend 6-9 months of the year away and have been doing so since the mid nineties (I was one of them).
The point that I was trying to make is that the majority of personnel in the RAF (and believe me there is an Air Force outside of the SH world) are still in sleepy 8-5 jobs and they have been there for many, many years. Why should they get the same benefits as those who are working their nuts off?
PS. I am out now (only just). And like so many who post here on Pprune, I left because I realised that you can work your balls off, show total loyalty and dedication and get very little reward for your efforts.