I went to Cranditz at 18 and was my own worst enemy. Immature doesn't come into it. However, unlike STUPIDMAN, I happen to think that the RAF is an excellent place to learn life skills and to mature. Not only that but I was a second tour, operational captain as a Fg Off whilst Fl Lt 1st tourists were my co-pilots.
The one thing that annoys me is that graduates who are quite clearly not ready for it, are given the rank. They should earn it by proving themselves professionally and not because they have spent 3/4 years weaving baskets and getting drunk. O-kay, pay them more if you really want them, but why should they masquerade as senior junior officers when then they only have 2 years under their belt. We have a Flt Lt holding officer with us at the moment!!! This is someone who a junior rank or even a junior offier may well look to for advice thinking that they had some time in.
Finished.