If you haven't been part of that system it's difficult to appreciate the level of performance demanded of the pilots. Think of it this way ... these are people entrusted with defending our country. Do you want people who can think and make the right decisions under pressure, or do you want people who have REPEATEDLY shown themselves to be unable to do that? (because you DO get more than one chance to get it right)
Just to be a myth buster. I have flown with ex-military pilots from all over the world in a civilian airline environment. An environment that enabled rapid promotion to command and at one stage had a near 50% failure rate.
Ex-RAAF pilots can be very good. Some are absolute stand outs- pragmatic and with uncanny, high levels of SA. I would say this pragmatic approach makes them a few notches above ex-RAF but there is more to it than that.
But. There are a good proportion of battlers too. Guys that need to work hard at their civilian airline flying even though some are from essentially "civilian" aircraft such as VIP aircraft and non-tactical transports.
If you base your standards on low cost carriers and the minimum expectations they have. Then ex-RAAF must look very good. And because of this, to the author of the thread, piss aviation off due the low standards and pay of proliferating budget carriers.