My mate and I going through would say "Jesus Christ I just want to fly planes!" to each other a good 3 to 4 times a week.
After a year as a Flt Cdt, then 4 years at the UAS, IOT was only bearable because every time you looked up, there would be someone in a JP looking down. That maintained our motivation....
Why ever are people holding these days? Is it because the farce of MFTS cannot cope?