Originally Posted by
medod
Thank you.
Complicated indeed — but quite fascinating as the decision-makers must’ve thought they were doing the right thing each time they changed approach.
Did the first trainer a new non-UAS entrant flew stick with being with the Chipmunk while the JP was around, once introduced, or did that actually come and go?
Yep, complicated. Not sure about your opinion of the decision makers, more likely a case of a new broom wanting to sweep clean and leave their mark, so all change!
The many changes to the pre basic phase came and went after the introduction of the Jet Provost. A non UAS entrant would have gone straight to the Jet Provost T3 in many cases, or, with the introduction and withdrawal of the primary phase, gone to either the Primary Flying Squadron or the Elementary Flying Training Squadron on the Chipmunk. Then there was another period when non PPL and UAS entrants went to the FSS, the Flying Selection Squadron, again on the Chipmunk.