I was indeed assigned to the afformentioned course.
The latest from our poster is that valley are trying to clear the backlog of studes as efficiently as they can so for the moment, the old arrangement of 10 studes a month is no more. The new arrangement for the time being is between 1 and 3 studes every 2 months! As I am number 4 on the list, my best chance of starting valley will be in August, worst case, October! My last tincan trip was at the end of September.
If I think im bad, the guys finishing Linton at the moment are being told 18months at least!
Im sure the system will sort itself out. Im told it goes in cycles. Chatting to some F3 mates not too long ago would lead me to believe that barotraumatizer is bang on with his statement. Loads of Fg Off/ Jr Flt Lt guys on the sqn. "massive dilution" was a phrase used by one of them.
Things could be far worse, I could be a civvy with a 9-5 desk job! I wouldn't change this for the world.