Tankertrashnav, if you're after a consensus I reckon you're out of luck!
I reckon you're right. Anyway a PPrune thread with 100% agreement would be pretty boring. You've made some good points, as one who served both in a ground branch and as aircrew I have to agree that flying is not everything. However if I was a student in a UAS I'd be pretty disappointed if I never got to fly.