Shameful
I often pass a few hours in the office surfing PPrune - it occasionally makes me chuckle, even spill my coffee - but the level of predjudice and hate that has been spat out in this thread takes the biscuit, cup and saucer. An honest enquiry was made by a young person who is not only keen to serve in HM Forces but has been selected for one of the best jobs in the world (rivalling being OC Base Support Wing). We should be encouraging this young man and not launching crude invective at him because of the way he is - or wishes to be.
For those who are no longer serving, just accept that the RAF has changed. Inter alia, we are dropping bombs and fighting wars at a level of intensity not seen since WWII. Gone are the days of happy hours, 98,000 strong RAF, the 'Mally' on some tax-free German Base, global route trainers, RAF Gan, and a whole host of predjudices.
Give this guy - and the Service you claim to know and love - a break.
WP