RAAF retention rates would be a lot better if pilot's were allowed to be pilots and continue flying instead of doing secondary duties and unessesary admin work. Or extensive deployments for months on end on a two way firing range being worked into the ground so that some tosser can pat themselves on the back with the line "We're punching above our weight". Only to return to a complacent Joe Public that neither knew what you were doing overseas in the first place, nor could they give a rat's....