No argument from here, langleybaston, and I suspect those in RAFG tended to be slightly more focussed!
But certainly, IME, there was a wide swathe of apathy and, indeed, resentment towards the entire process ...
March in the Accused ... the horn had gone about 45-60 minutes previously, and having ensured my guys were up to speed I went walkabout. Strolling down the road from the Sgts Mess came a chf tech in blue uniform! When I asked him what he was doing, and where he was going, he said "nn Squadron". When asked why it had taken him so long to get going, he nonchantly replied "Had a shower and a shave first". I invited him quite forefully to double all the way to his workplace, which probably negated the value of his leisurely shower.
With attitudes like that, it was always going to be an uphill struggle.