Originally Posted by
unmanned_droid
And yet somehow some types of apprenticeship, as highlighted in this thread are in dire need. These companies aren't charities - they recruit for their needs and these will be a fraction of what they were taking on 20+ years ago.
Trumpeting intake figures also doesn't take in to account attrition over the course of apprenticeship training.
And these apprentices will be useful in 3-5 years time if they start this year.
Licenced aircraft engineer will be even longer. Best LAEs now do come from the proper apprenticeship schemes and not the Licence factories.