The reason you have a third rate Air Force.....
The RAF has an identity crisis.
Senior 'leaders' have been beguiled by industry buzzwords and concepts and insist on adopting civilian practices. The way of life within the military has been slowly been eroded, and the guys and gals now have 'a job', which in itself suggests some kind of transactional arrangement.
The last SDSR and the following redundancies and erosion of T & C's underline the fact that the military now offers a 'warfighting' job with civilian* benefits.
To top it all, whenever anyone questions any of the newly adopted 'core values' they are scoffed at [especially on here] and told they are in the military and to get on with it.
Can nobody else see the dichotomy here, and why the guys and gals spend much of their time frowning these days?
It's no wonder they are leaving - apart from anything else, they are confused.
* civilian as in not particularly suited to military lifestyle and subject to change at a moments notice.