There has been a lot of fatties v fitties extremist arguements but it is quite simple. The RAF does not rely on fitness to the same extreme as the army (RAF Reg't excluded) however, it is an armed service and as such should remember this. The fitness test could be Beep/1.5 mile (MSFT) or some kind of bike test, but the fact of the matter is you all take a wage from Her Majesty's Gov't. Given that this is (predominantly) an aircrew thread, the majority of aircrew are officers or SNCOs. Here's a word - leadership - how many of you remember that when not strapped into your aircraft. I was never the fittest in my crab-air days but I never failed a fitness test; now I am in green and we always find time for fiz - 24 hrs in a day and all that. Oh, and in reply to a previous poster, my general attends fiz sessions as he is able to and passes his tests along with the rest of us.