As a ppl with a few hours to my credit, I don't see myself as a professional aviator. However, may I offer a few thoughts and questions on behalf of we who pay for all this.
1; NATO and others seem to be standardising on the F35 as it's main combat vehicle;
2 Some pilots are already being trained in the Us and parts of Europe to what I assume is a standard level.
3: Italy is producing two trainers T345 and T346 (?) that are pretty state of the art.
Isn't it time that all NATO got together and pooled resources?
It was done for the Tornado 40+ years ago, so the precedent is there.
Surely this would negate the need for national training organisations, freeing up trained pilots to fill the gaps in the front line.
Whilst this may (will) appear simplistic, maybe the time has come to do the obvious.
As I said at the start, I'm just a low hour ppl, who has been paying taxes for over 50 years, and would really like to see people making better use of my pension!
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