Bobward
I have two points for you.
1. M346 is great in many ways and will beat Hawk in a dogfight easily but it’s of the same generation of trainers in terms of capability. If they could be produced in large numbers though they could certainly offer a decent solution.
2. Our NATO partners are struggling just as much as us for pilots and especially instructors. Pooling our resources may help a little but the problem won’t go away.
BV