For "one size fits all" read "one size fits nobody". The empathy argument is BS. Those that deploy once in a career, or at most once every 2.5 years should show some empathy with those who deploy every 8 months. It's high time the RAF insisted that everyone deploying through Bastion gets a mandatory 1-week training session in servicing Chinook and C-17s, "just in case" they had to help out on a turn-round. "Just in case" appears to be the guiding principle behind all the other crap taught on PDT and RSOI.