Originally Posted by
tarantonight
From my understanding the whole system is completely screwed.
40 - 60 years ago, from Day 1 (Civvie Street) to Front Line Aircrew, 20 - 24 months.
Now 7 - 8 years in some cases??.
What on earth has it come to??.
Disgraceful,
TN.
IMHO, it all stems from outsourcing training to private companies whose only remit is to extract maximum profit for minimum investment and minimum effort and who have no real idea of anything else. To them, delays of pilots reching the pointy end is not an issue.