BigCheese1, just spoke to a mate who is a IOT Flt Cdr. Says that there is a distinct lack of cadets at the moment anyway (didn't say which branches), due to the inability to get people to recruit. This means the general course size at IOT is much less than the usual 100 or so.
How the hell have they managed to stretch the original 18 week course into 32 weeks and 3 'terms'? 14 weeks leave?