It gets better I'm told.....
- The first guy arriving directly on the Typhoon OCU direct from Linton
- The first guy doing the entirety of his pilot trg in the synthetic environment, presumably straight onto Typhoon / F-35
Does make you wonder what desperate state of MFTS affairs is driving this 'innovation'....
Then again, I've heard that some VSOs are privately briefing that the only part of the UK Flying Training System that isn't completely and utterly FUBAR'd is the one that operates a legacy aircraft, at a soon to be extinct riverside location.
National Audit Office report to come, shaming MFTS, some might hope........