You continue to misunderstand, more than that you are insulting when you do so. And so far you are the only one to say as such.

[ and it is insulting to him. while he would offer himself up as leader, he is not at all implying he is the one to be in charge. he has already stated to others that should this go ahead, there would be a vote as to who the leader (or leaders) would be. that they would be chosen by the people, not forced upon them. ]

There are ways to work around the nature of this place, of people leaving upon a whim. Training is not lost with one person's disappearance, nor the structure of an entire force if it's leaders are wise enough to put things in place to prevent such a thing from happening.