Meanwhile, back to the original question by Fonsini.... I live in the O's Mess during the week at one of the largest RAF bases in the UK. From the increasingly frequent discussions over dinner and in the bar, my straw poll would put the aircrew at about a 60-70% in favour of leaving, probably with the younger end more keen on staying and the older age group more for leaving. There is only one engineer who socialises with our aircrew gang (not through aircrew snobbery, just because he's the only engineer who eats and drinks in the mess) and he is voting to stay. Take from that what you will.