Lots of us indeed left or are in the process of leaving. The aircraft were never going to stop flying because a chunk of the pilots leave; cracks get papered over, the world turns and it's as if we were never there. Happy days. Your experience may walk out the door but that's not quantifiable on a spreadsheet so has no bearing on anything.
Certain fleets were assisted by the exodus. Crews being sacked because there are no aircraft to keep them current on - a few PVRs frees up yet more flying for the baby captains currently getting by on one trip every other month.
As a historical footnote, my uncle opined this Christmas that my leaving bought to end 84 years of continuous RAF service by my immediate family: grandfather, father then me. As my father then dryly observed, that probably goes some way to explain the shocking state of the RAF today
