Captain Sand Dune,
Perhaps you shouldn’t be so harsh on Vandelay. Someone who is still in high school, coming to this forum and asking people for information about a career that he is interested shouldn’t be branded as lack of motivation.
He is showing maturity and commonsense by trying to make an informed decision, hell I was “umming and ahhing” all the way up to signing on the dotted line and then some. It’s over a decade of your life, take the time to make the right decision.
And in terms of being kicked out for Officer Qualities, has happened in the past, is happening now and will continue to happen. Boys will be boys, just don’t get caught. For another one of your questions, if you go to ADFA and subsequently fail pilots course you do generally still owe the time back from your degree, however with the excess of pilots at the moment in the RAAF it can happen that you may just leave, but that is here and now and is on a case by case basis, in 4 years when you would likely finish your degree and start pilot’s course the RAAF could be screaming for people and in that case doubtful you would be able to leave, they shuffle you into another specialisation.
And lastly, flight screening doesn’t really provide too much insight into military life, it does however give you a good understanding of how BFTS will run. There will be plenty of guys from all 3 services which can fill you in on what it’s like to go to ADFA and be in the military.
Make up your own mind and take your time, after all it’s a big decision.