Pardon another civvie if you please....
I seem to recall that this whole business of using contractors to provide training was branded as cost saving/good economy ?
So, how does it tick when it takes 8 years, as stated in an earlier post, to get to a FJ squadron ? It seems to be agreed that potential aircrew are 'holding' for inordinately longer periods as a consequence of the inflexible training system. Surely the additional cost of 'holding' ought to be factored against any claimed MFTS savings.
This just seems to be another exercise for making money, like Airtanker.
I'm sure it would be a relatively simple accounting exercise to prove that this new training business does not give value for the taxpayer.