Originally Posted by Scorpio69
I was posted far more often than the whinger who talks about postings every 2-3 years
More power to you Scorpio, you've knocked back a few cans of harden the *&$% up, happy days. But the trouble is, what to do about retention? So what if the ADF aviators of today aren't as hard as you? The problem isn't retaining folks who are happy to @#!+ their spouses' careers, drag the kid out of school (again) for another interstate syllabus interruption, move every 2 years (or more frequently), get postings to holiday resorts like Puckapunyal, Tindal, Oakey, etc etc, and get to be project managers, recruiters or business analysts instead of aircrew.
The problem is retaining those folks who want to be given the chance to have some stability in their lives and become extremely proficient at the one job they're enjoying. ELSE THEY LEAVE!