As reported in the March edition of Australian Aviation. “The RAAF lost more than twice the number of pilots at FLTLT and SQNLDR level than the two previous years combined.”
And….”I want to demonstrate my commitment to you and ask you to ‘hold the faith’ while we develop the aircrew pay case throughout 2008” – CAF.
As an aside, reading the article, if the Air Combat Officer (ACO) was such a critical component of breaking down the hierarchic process, why not roll pilots into the ACO stream?