Quality of Life


Once again, the responses received to the questi on about working hours indicate that a majority of serving personnel are routi nely working in excess of 50 hours a week. (Figure 15)


Does the serving family member routi nely work long hours (defi ned here as more than 50 hours a week) in the RAF?


70% 70%


Commissioned 2013 Commissioned 2012 Non-Commissioned 2013 Non-Commissioned 2012


60% 46% 36% 28% 28% 50%


Figure 15 


Yes


No


“The lack of manpower means longer hours and more secondary duti es. Being deployed actually means you get a break from this day to day routi ne wearing down.”


“Speaking as a RAF engineer, we are working very long hours on a shift patt ern that gives no spare ti me which means seeing family is rare at best.”


“I would be happy working 60 hours a week if I was rewarded for it, what irritates me is seeing some forces members (quite rightly) going home at 4pm on a Friday, knowing that there is probably another 4 hours’ work ahead for us.”


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