Beagle,
Spot on. The plugging of gaps by FTRS only keeps you going for so long - enough for a couple of tour lengths (to enable the upwardly mobile to move on and up by delivering more for less....) but it cannot be self sustaining. It bites you down the line when the training providers can't recruit a plentiful supply of QFI/QHI types so salaries increase and guess who pays for that eventually......