Originally Posted by
ninja-lewis
But UAS and AEF flying won't have the same licence to operate. They'll have new generations of students and cadets looking for zero emissions and if the RAF is not ready to rise to that challenge then we will all be poorer for it (remembering that the primary purpose of UAS and air cadets is encourage air-mindedness , not recruitment).
AEF flying is already basically non existent so no real change there. Just leave the air cadets with gliders.
The UAS' will shift, why do they need to fly as much as they do? These days they are more direct recruitment than air mindedness, the Studes are all set on an RAF career and know they'll be in sims, so don't expect actual flying.