. If the civvies were to be brought into the service they should be made to complete all the courses and suffer the same chop rate that we all have had to contend with.
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My actual experience tells me that would be a waste of time, a very much abbreviated course, yes but a full course, absolutely not.
".......and my guess, is that the chop rate would very low, and because a civvie has not actually demonstrated the skills that you and I have had to acquire, do not assume they are not capable of obtaining them.
Many of the self funded, self improvers , by no means all, I have flown with, or instructed, have been very sharp, and totally committed, more than capable of passing RAF training. They chose a different life style.
.....as for low level nav. no problem, As a snotty nosed 18 year old kid. just out of school, I won the nav trophy at my FTS, 6, cant be that hard, and as for formation, again, no big deal, the skill can be taught and learnt.
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