No worries FR, agree with you. Just thought your post was more written as 'guidance' rather than 'opinion'.
Agree with Cloud Basher; pretty well summed up.
Captain Sand Dune; do you know for a fact that:
the RAAF places more importance on manning an already bloated command chain
or is that just your opinion of the system. I don't disagree with you in that there could definitely be improvement (always can be; and again how depends on the eye of the beholder) but there is certainly a lot of cynicism in the way you write. For example:
rather than ensuring the CAF’s coffee is the right temperature.
doesn't do your 'argument' any favours!!