Originally Posted by
TSRAGR
But I had a coming-to-Jesus the other day as I was looking through my 69 worthless emails about DTS orders, Leave, MICT, WIT and all the other crap I deal with, not remotely associated with tactics and my craft, that it's time to go
That's all the decisionmaking you really need at this point. To quote the great soothsayer Zero:
Once the BS is no longer counterbalanced by the fun of performing the mission, it is time to go.
Find a reserve gig (even if it is flying an MWS that you don't particularly love, or even if it is a <gasp!> desk job), and start making plans for your next career.
I was a dyed-in-the-wool fighter pilot, and I love the lifestyle and job at the airlines. If someone would have told me a decade ago that I would think that, there's no way I'd have believed them. You'll look back fondly on your AF time, but you won't really miss it.