LOA cuts, they always have, they always will.
Had my LOA removed with absolutely no notice in what, 1985'ish?, big loss even as a singlie [but the scalies were kept happy].
That weekend our "gang" had planned to do our monthly escape into "normality" via VW camper van to the black forest, not so much a piss up more a chance to meet normal people for a change, probably the best thing about a RAFG tour was the opportunity to escape Apocalypse now.
Plans went lossie of course.
First install the spills wiring into the latest cab to arrive from Whorton, Fri/Sat 14hrs+ shifts then Sunday Nuclear delivery system certification on the cabs that were returning to Sqdn service before their actual planned dates [OC TASF brown tongue as usual].
Valued personnel, don't make me laugh, always a case of the tail wagging the dog.
To the OP, sorry to see the krap still goes on.