I would say that many of the views expressed are representative of many people I have met who have reached a point in their careers where they are looking for something else either inside or outside the RAF.
In the interests of balance I would like to point out that although I have worked with FOM’s who are interested, well motivated and enjoy the challenges of the job, I have met a fair few who are lazy and stupid. Of the last four I have worked with I would rate one to be exceptionally good and the other three to be poor to very poor. Unfortunately there are those who judge all, by the lowest common denominator and there are those who still look on FOM’s as those who couldn’t cut it as Air Traffic Controllers.
I’m not trying to be provocative, but the RAF is run by Officers for Officers and anybody else only has a subsidiary role. Flight Ops will continue as a branch because it supports a hierarchy above it, in the same way I think the number of SNCO ATC Controllers will steadily decrease until they reach the levels of 25 years ago, again to keep the various levels of management in jobs.