The military have one standard thats it you either pass or fail no ifs, whats or butts. Civilian trained pilots aren't on par with military pilots who have been flying the aircraft for over 10 years. You want to let a Qantas captain play in a hornet on the weekend for fun?
The Defence Force does have cilvilian contractors doing some training but thats it. Ex-RAAF pilots are kept on a reserve list and are given hours to keep current incase they are ever needed, ie. if we went to war. The ADF train pilots from scratch whether you be a 1000hr commerical pilot or you havent any hours. They do not recognise any civlian time, its the same syllabus for both so there is a set proficiency and standard. Why comprimise your standards and the saftey of crews by bringing in civilian pilots with unknown qualities.
To call that an arrogant mindset is just being short sighted. If the ADF teach all there pilots exactly the same and fail the ones who cannot reach the standard they are garenteed to have the best pilots availiable.