Originally Posted by
typerated
So we could disband the RAFAT and I presume a lots of their pilots were QFIs. So we could have 10 extra hawks with maybe 10 instructors available.
Could then train some of the backlog on T1s then carry on with the hawk and do a creamie course.
Aiming for less backlog and more instructors in the system
Don’t think that any are QFI’s. Tis an awful long time since the RA were found from the ranks of instructors, they all seem to come from the front line these days.
And as the T1 now only serves with the Red Arrows (17, not 10) if you disbanded them the type would simply be retired.