I'd never have believed that this would turn into a "RAAF should have the choppers back debate..."
(sarky smiley for MTOW). Aren't there other threads on here for that debate?
News out this week that RAAF is paying ACA for junior SQNLDRs and WGCDRs ($30000?). Can't be long before Army must consider the same. McPhedran's latest
Helicopter pilots fleeing army over pay | thetelegraph.com.audescribes the problem in his typically sensationlist style. Civil industry, with significantly better rates of pay and conditions, will take up any pilots out of ROSO.