I know its not aviation but..... That's a reduction down from that of a 7-9 year old!! Blimey! recruitment must be dire.
Normally, its rules bar hiring anyone with a reading age below 'entry level two' – equivalent to that of a child aged seven to nine.
This is considered the minimum soldiers need to be able to read instructions for using firearms and explosives.
But amid difficulties in attracting youngsters, it has emerged that between 2016 and 2019 the Army took on 50 recruits at 'entry level one', with a reading age of between five and seven. According to the National Literacy Trust, anyone on 'entry level one' would struggle to read the instructions on a medicine bottle label – let alone for an assault rifle or a computer-operated drone.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...cid=spartandhp