Nobody could possibly envy you.
I couldn't really care, Bus429, but if you examine the facts in a rational and consistant manner, you will find that there are (or were) only two organisations that had significant problems with the type under discussion.
Both of these were in the UK.
It would appear to me that although the type is old, it certainly can be maintained reasonably, if primarily two conditions are met....
Sufficient funding is provided.
Sufficient technical expertise is available.
In regards to the RAF, I rather suspect funding is the issue.
If, on the other hand, technical expertise is the problem, outsourcing is clearly the answer.
One would hope that from a flight operations perspective, the very necessary lessons have been learned regarding how to properly fly the aeroplane, as it really is quite simple...RTFB.