Originally Posted by
CAEBr
- rarer than rocking horse ****
news.sky.com/story/uk-has-more-f-35-fast-jets-than-pilots-to-fly-them-ben-wallace-admits-12735825
23 jets in the UK, more than 1 per pilot. Interesting that
"the defence secretary described the situation as "quite a challenge", claiming that the deficit in pilots was also because the F-35 Lightning aircraft is new" What is his definition of new ?
Have China got more aircrew than we have?
(Mods, feel free to move to one of the other threads on F35 or training if you feel its more relevant)
Contrast with the output of both pilots and navigators as they were termed in those days for the 3 nations from TTTE Cottesmore over 50 years ago.
If we can not generate enough pilots for just 23 jets then something is badly wrong.