Originally Posted by
BVRAAM
The chaps I have spoken to with very recent front-line experience (fast jet) don't seem to share the Spokeman's opinion.
I have no reason to believe they're lying, so why is the public being deceived?
The spokesman didn’t say “
We have sufficient numbers of aircrew to meet our current front line operational commitments, conduct operational training, deliver overseas engagement and support to exports, and meet our Phase 2 instructor manning requirements while offering career satisfaction and a work-life balance deemed sustainable in the long term at current and expected remuneration levels.” Your answer may lie somewhere in the difference between those statements.
”Why is the public being deceived?” is quite the rhetorical question for someone who apparently wishes to join the military. As I think you have been advised before, try not to see the world in black and white: you will be perpetually confounded if you do.