Believe me, I don't believe that I am of unwarranted importance, however, as a collective I believe I may be one of a "thousand cuts" about to be inflicted on quite a sick organisation at the moment. There have been twice the numbers of PVRs this year in the first 6 months. I rather suspect that this will be a tip of a very large iceberg. Why?...
There will be a raft of those hoping for redundancy that won't get it. They will already have prepared themselves to leave, and when they don't get it, they will PVR just after 1 Sep 11. Yes, there will be some quality individuals to fill the gaps, but I suspect not enough. I also believe that some squadrons will end up with a dilution rate worse than that in the late 90s (about 65% diluted, ie. less than 2 years on type).
Yes, no one will care when you leave, but I will equally not be mawkish when I go. I had a great time but in the past 2 years things have definately got worse. Also, the T&C changes of late means that for me, the deal is off.
LJ