No it does not mean that...airforce train for a different result...war fighting.
Expecting a military trained pilot, or any military trained individual, to drop seamlessly into civvy street after decades in the mil is not a realistic expectation....if it was there would not be shrinks making a good living out of de milling ex mill people....ok mostly that is for army
The RAAF trains a very small number of people to a defined and designed, for their purpose, standard...the result is a relatively narrow band...especially in peace time...I am sure you would admit the mil standards get a bit more latitude in times of war such as the Vietnam experience. People fail pilot course in the airforce.
In the civvy world VERY few people fail to get a licence....civvy flying schools just don't operate that way...an individual keeps paying and they keep training until he/she passes...even if only due luck on the day.
Very few pilots fail type rating courses when they are paying for them compared to airline funded in house type rating courses...simple fact of human nature...they figure an airline will sort them out or fail them later so don't want to feel guilty for inhibiting a paying customers career...a customer is viewed VERY differently to an employee.
The weeding out process that happens in pilot course in the RAAF happens in industry outside the RAAF...and in times of shortage that weeding out process is not as efficient as in times of plenty.
The standards band is not as narrow in civvy aviation...and in times of pilot shortage people can be promoted beyond there current skill level...doesn't mean they would never be suitable but most pilots benefit greatly for 3 or 4 years in the RHS watching how various scenarios are coped with...both well and not so well...by the captains they fly with.
Several years in a Kingair, 1 in the rhs of a complex jet and then command is a potential problem.