Fortunately I'm not in the position of Joe Soap, and indeed I'm looking forward to my next stay in the Club, booked for December.
However I do detect a relentless shift in the club's emphasis from providing a reasonably priced shake down for officers when they are in London to a venue for corporate events, quite often attended by large numbers who have no connection with the RAF.
The B Word - a lot of guys worked hard at school and ended up being shafted when their pension schemes went t**s up a few years back. I just count myself lucky I'm not one of them.