As all the old jokes are surfacing, here's something of a truism...
Q. What's the difference between a VC10 and a VC10 crew?
A. The VC10 stops WHINING when the engines are shut down.
(Accomodation, allowance rates, schedules, working hard, the rest of the RAF, the Army, the Navy, passengers, other aircraft, not being magically promoted to Sqn Ldr on LHS transition any more, fitness tests et.c et.c ad infinitum...)