Originally Posted by
muppetofthenorth
AEF flying is already basically non existent so no real change there.
I beg to differ. Before CV19 suspended flying (because of the risk of in cockpit transfer of CV), some 16000 cadets had been flown in that FY. The aspiration is/was to do more.
Originally Posted by
muppetofthenorth
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.
How much flying do you think each student gets? And if you know the rest of your "flying" career will largely be in the sim, wouldn't you make the most of what you can, when you can? And how is the RAF going to recruit people who want to fly aircraft, if they keep saying most of your flying will be in the sim. Be interesting to see what happens to retention with that cunning plan.
Can you imagine the risk assessment for doing that now?? How many different JSPs/MARDs would you have to read? With the risk aversion pervading the military, who would own the risk? ODH? SDH? God?