It's responses like most of these on this thread that drive me away from Pprune for long periods.
Why on earth are these ideas so risible? The Forces are losing people and any real incentives that can keep experience, in whatever form, can only be applauded. Yes, allow part-time working, keeping child carers employed who might otherwise leave. Yes, home working is feasible. I left 2 years ago and have worked from home, typically on a Friday, since. If people are weekly commuting to one of the remaining units, then looking forward to getting home Thursday night, taking the kids to school on a Friday morning, but yet doing a good day's work on the laptop afterwards must surely help quality of life.
As a previous poster said, those who object need to wake up to the realities of the working environment. If the MOD can't go some way towards reflecting what the civilian world has done for years, guess which way service personnel will be drawn!