It’s sounding scarily like something I heard I think from the Commandant previously about progressing the organisation in a direction that turns it very specifically and deliberately into a filter/stream/pre-training for RAF service.
Which is making the “not a recruiting organisation” a blurrier line than it it already was.
Unfortunately I can’t remember the exact original quote or where it was from, but I do recall thinking “that sounds like turning us into a recruitment organisation, and I won’t be here for that if it happens”.
I’m also seeing mission statements released that drop the “civilian life” aspects and focus solely on the RAF…