Proone - as fareastdriver says - you just joined the wrong part of the RAf - helicopters was the way to go
There were times, as an Argosy co-pilot, when I wished I'd done as suggested by my boss at Leeming and gone rotary. Looking back, I'd have particularly liked to be an Army pilot.
Anyway, it all worked out in the end.
Given my life again, I'd still want to be a pilot but do it at 18 instead of 23.