I'd take anything the Australian media says about aviation with a shovel of salt, and anything they say about military aviation with a truck load.
I'll wait until the dust settles before passing opinion on this one.
HOWEVER I will again beat my drum about the RAAF's pathetic management of it's pilots.
The RAAF really needs to get out of it's "upwards and onwards" mindset of pilot management, i.e. not all pilots want to be promoted. Let's face it, they joined to fly, not to push bits of paper around which the system seems Hell bent on doing to them after about 10 years after graduation.
Additionally the RAAF really needs to take an axe to it's upper command structure (i.e. above unit level). A good start would be the Wing/Group thing, which seems to me to be nothing more than a holding pool for senior officers. 23 years ago we had more flying units, and we seemed to get on just fine without Wings and Groups!
Look after the highly trained, qualified and experienced people we already have and they will stay.
Time for 60 Minutes to do another story about pilot management in the RAAF!
Where's a troll when you need one..................