If the rest of the RAAF are fine and dandy, good for them. The problem is the culture that is being discussed on this thread is terrible and it came from the military. Furthermore, the theory that the failure rate was established to make a case for more military guys, presumably of the same mindset, to be parachuted in, has most people concerned. Correct me if I’m wrong but the most officious ones only ever flew a 737 or a biz jet anyway, pretty much what hundreds of civvy guys do every day, maybe the superiority complex could go.
Reads more like a group of people who can't let go of a elitist, small operation mentality. The RAAF choose a very small select number of applicants then go on and fail another percentage of those during initial training. This is the culture that these check captains are coming from. Which works in a small organisation with an unlimited budget. Transpose that to civilian world and you aren't getting the top 1% of applicants because you don't pay enough, and you can't afford just to fail everyone. So the mentality needs to change from being the "best" to being "safe". It sounds like these RAAF guys can't make that transition. If you want to be the "best" in the civilian world you will need to almost triple the salary on offer if that's the kind of check and training organisation you want to run.