Wigston
To be fair to Wigston I believe he actually suggested a 90/10 split of synthetic/live training. Still bonkers but at certain levels even those of us that love flying have to accept that, for certain tasks and aircraft types, simulation can be as good as or even better than the real thing.
As for the next trainer I have to say that I find it hard to believe there is any circumstance in which the Aeralis trainer (I still can’t believe nobody else is talking about the fact that they have completely changed their design from high wing to low wing in their concept art) can do something that the Hawk can’t. Unless UK jobs is your sole driving factor. And assuming it is developed and manufactured in Britain. As always I will caveat that by saying that I hope to be proven wrong and that the Aeralis jet becomes a great British success story.
BV