I'm just trying to get my head around those figures ...... 4000+ apply, yet going forward, only 25 'potential' pilots are going to IOT each year. Presumably, the 4000+ who apply have all met the basic academic status, so they have a 1 in 160 chance of passing OASC?
I thought they were trying to increase the number of pilots for the proposed extra squadrons?
If some do get chopped along the way, that leaves less than 25 actually making it to a front line squadron. How many pilots does the RAF have on its books and how many new pilots does it actually require each year?
Pilot slots are about to be massively reduced as MFTS fails to deliver the throughput needed.
I thought the solution was to send them to America on the NATO training program?
Is the Careers advice now, "Try the RN and Army first if you want to fly!"