noflare
It's very interesting but your post is almost identical in the message it conveys as postings here on PPrune 3 and more years ago.
What's going on now, in terms of leavers numbers, is not a patch on the 2003-4 figures.
So some Base Capt's are moving on...........whoopeeeee doooo! There are plenty around to take their places and, in one case, everybody's highly delighted.