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Non Serving Family Responses


Headlines •


• 43% believe the RAF offers appropriate support, falling to 34 % for support during deployments


Given the choice of one thing, 23% of non-serving respondents said that the RAF should improve the accommodation (compared to 5% of those serving)


• As with serving personnel, secure employment was cited by 35% as the biggest benefit of service life


‘At last the RAF is starting to recognise that its HR model of the ‘male breadwinner’ supported by a ‘little wife’ and a mobile family is broken.’


‘I absolutely love RAF life sometimes and sometimes I hate it; there isn’t an in between. When something goes right, it really is great and the friends to be made and exploring opportunities are awesome. I love that my husband can get training for different jobs on different places so it’s not often boring. When it goes wrong, it’s never by a little bit, it’s always huge!’


‘I love my partner and what the RAF can offer him in terms of a steady income and secure job and the additional learning / skills he can take up. From a spouses point of view I feel that we (the family/ partners) come second. I do not feel that partner’s careers are valued - the wives would be the ones expected to take time off if children were sick, and be the ones who change jobs constantly…’


uSupport and Commitment


In general, do you think that the RAF offers appropriate support to families?


I’m not sure 21%


No 36% Yes 43%


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