You also need to bare in mind that, come 2015, with a new SDSR, withdrawal from sandy places, possible reductions in fleets, etc, the RAF may decide once again that it has too many WSOps. If that is the case, and there are redundancies, then you are very vulnerable to being let go.
By 2015 you will be an untrained, relatively elderly, student about to enter the aircrew training pipeline. You might not like to hear it, but you actually have very little to offer. The RAF will have invested little in you, and by letting you go and recruiting a 18-21 year old say two years later, when they might actually need them as part of a trickle feed intake, they will get nearer 10 productive years out of a new recruit as opposed to the 4 years they will get from yourself.
Only you can decide what to do, you need to look out for yourself in the RAF, no one else will - and you'll find loyalty in general (beyond immediate colleagues and within your current unit) is pretty much a one way street.
Last edited by Biggus; 15th May 2013 at 07:25.