No job satisfaction.
So much bull. before you can actually just do your job.
Not appreciated.
Not technically challenging anymore.
As a mechanic, the new ground equipment systems and generators, Fire Fighting Vehicles etc. are being contracted out to 3rd parties. This leaves us with nothing to sink our teeth into. Yet when these bits of kit go overseas, the civilians who normally work on them, don't deploy aswell. So that leaves us trying to work on a system we have no idea about because we've never worked on them before.
Unless you are in "SLAM". Accommodation is so run down and building repairs take YEARS. Years is no exaggeration.
So much money is wasted and can be better spent. For example a gym was recently built that was no bigger than a double garage. This cost £3.5 million. Anyone with a braincell wouldve asked around for quotes and realised that anything more than 60'000 is a joke.
Doesn't set you up for later on in life unless you do private work outside of normal working hours to gain knowledge and experience.
Doing a 6 month tour of the Falklands, coming back to the UK and waiting for the next one is no career.
Pay is much better in civie street.
The RAF would've gone bust years ago if it was a civilian company actually making money.
RAF Brize Norton doesn't even have a working gym!
Work/Life balance is crap, spend all week on camp if you live away, travel back home on the weekend if you're allowed.
Doesn't feel like you're in the military.
Blues uniform is awful. Not even given the chance to wear a PCS camouflaged fatigues, which is practical and comfier.
