Hey, Wally old chap. You make it sound like only hairy chested he-men with red dust on their thongs can qualify for an interview with the RFDS. Ever tried flying a 737 into black night Pacific atolls? I tell you what, there wasn't the Superman image with those pilots that you project for RFDS pilots. Yet their skills were good. Wasn't it only a few months back on Pprune that mentioned mentioned wryly that the dam-buster pilot Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, DSO, DFC who spent most of his young pilot career getting shot at, would not qualify for even a 210 job in Australia because of lack of remote area experience. He was also too young at age 24 to qualify because he only had 800 hours. Puts the RFDS nonsense in perspective doesn't it?
If the RFDS bothered to train pilots for the job rather than bitching about how short they are of pilots, then you would likely get some good applicants.