I notice from another post that there is currently an 18 - 24 month hold in store for baby pilots graduating from IOT. However, when speaking to some of the staff on a visit to CHOM last year I was informed that one of the main reasons the current IOT course was compressed from 30 weeks to 24 weeks was to get pilots (in particular) to the frontline much quicker in order to meet CAS' directive that he did not want new aircraft waiting for aircrew! I therefore cannot see the benefit of reducing IOT to speed up the pilot training pipeline if Ph2 is unable to cope - is it really that difficult to employ a JIT training system? Of course there may be other reasons as to why the course was shortened but I see little in the way of cost savings involved and the course does seem rather short when compared to BRNC's (30 weeks) and Sandhurst's (44 weeks) - although I recognise that each Service has its own particular requirements.