Iraven
Thank you so much. I've opened a second bottle, you've given me a lot to think about.
A very well informed/thought out post.
Bloody hell though, really? Is it truly that way, or truly that bad? I'm getting tired of this bullish@t. The RAF has honestly been my entire adult life, I don't have anything else, and it appears (mostly through inept leadership) to be pointless. Squandered opportunities and so on.
And probably about to throw me out, over 40, as an officer who has held every rank bar one all the way though for 20-odd years and many deployments, ground crew boy entrant, flying noncom then commissioned the long route etc etc. Valued by none eh? Forgotten very quickly I would think.
So, off I pop from an air force of about 35000 compared to the air force of about 100000 I joined, with little capability left apart from the ability to promote militarily worthless health and safety and equal opportunities policies to people who who don't understand or give a sh!t.
Go Air Force.