I believe the RAF hierarchy don't really appreciate how bad things are getting, or if they do they don't care. Just about everyone is either leaving, or planning to leave, even or especially, the young guys. The accountants might not see the problem in all the experienced people leaving as they earn the highest salaries, & they can still get new people in who earn a deal less - but they know nothing & take years to bring up to the standard of those they replace.
And yet they target Sqn Ldrs for the FRI, one of the less productive ranks in my opinion.