Last year I heard a cadet I knew from the AAL joined the RNZAF and washed out of the fighter course to end up flying Hercs. When they announced the scrapping of the fighters I thought he was probably lucky to be flying Hercs. Now with unservicabilities etc he's probably lucky to be flying anything...
ps - if anyone has contacts within the RNZAF please email me, I'd like to get in contact with him. I learnt he was in the RNZAF 2nd hand through another ex-cadet at RAAF Pearse