The RN delightedly pointing to their harmony guidelines and how tough they get it is equally as good. I naturally assumed that you join the RN to go to sea? Complaining that you do it too much is a bit like the RAF complaining that they are being asked to fly too often.
I'm not complaining that the RN is doing too much but that the RAF is obviously doing too little in comparison.
Personnel costs make up just over a third (37.5%) of the Defence budget (
link). In the context of this thread, the Harmony Guidelines mean that RN personnel (including aircrew and support staff) are demonstrably more productive (and therefore more cost-effective) than RAF personnel because they are able to spend so much more of their time deployed away from base. QED
