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Old 27th Feb 2018, 16:06
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TorqueOfTheDevil
 
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
As EE says, if everything is so rosy, why is there so much grumbling. [sic]
Well, there are several feasible answers to this question.

Originally Posted by [email protected]
Without doubt much is due, on the RW side, to seeing a perfectly excellent system (DHFS) replaced for the sake of cost-saving with a new, unproven and very ambitious system that seems hell-bent on efficiency but with very little focus on the quality of the training that will be delivered.
But the outgoing system isn't perfectly excellent, is it? You have yourself pointed out the terrible shortcomings in the qualifications and experience of many of those in supervisory positions. Far less significant than your entirely accurate and insightful concerns are the long-standing problems with both the main aircraft types: the Squirrel, while still a lovely aircraft to fly, is woefully unrepresentative of any military helicopter which the students will go on to fly, while the Griffin has for years been crippled by both performance and reliability issues. This is not to say that the new empire (which will still be called DHFS - but you obviously knew that already) is the only way to solve these issues, and there are many many good things about the old system. Please bear in mind though that rose-tinted glasses, while deeply fashionable, are not essential PPE for a trip on the outrage bus.
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