There’s an awful lot of crap being written here. If you’ve read the DASOR, you’ll know what happened. If you can’t, I’m sure news will feed out soon enough.
Im with Air Plod on the quality of training across the RAF. standards have lowered, corners are being cut and it’s becoming a numbers game. Are the Typhoon pilots the best in the air to air business? Absolutely not, Lakenheath have that accolade by quite some margin. Is our engineering training still producing technicians that are regarded as the best at what they do? Sadly not. Training has been diluted and it’s being manifesting itself on the front line for a few years now.
The RAF is slowly becoming a mediocre force and our reputation is already suffering. A sad fact but, it is true.