Sometimes guys, you do need to listen to your Uncle Crab.
Typically, here is the gist of a conversation betwen two rear crew in a SARF crew room a few years ago.
"I wish I was back in Agfhan on the ramp of a Chinook with a gimpy."
<<But when you're out there you just wish you were back here doing this.>>
"Yeah, your right."
And the other kind of detachment mentioned.
RAF Search and Rescue crew honoured in 2015 military awards
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What interests me most about the last part of this discussion is that it seems to be OK for rear crew to be screwed over and for their task to ineffectively regulated but it's clear nobody is suggesting that the pilots should be paid in washers and do it for the love of the job.
Bucaneer Bill has clearly made a case for reducing pilot pay by 40%.