Malissa
You weren't at a briefing at at a secret air base in the East Midlands today were you? Your brief seems remarkably similar to one I heard this afternoon!!!
Jacko
The reason for doing this is to take the 'added pressure' of doing EFT and a degree at the same time away from Unis students. Remember that some of the UAS students do meet the end of course standard but may not receive a fast jet rec. The levelling of the playing field means that DE and UAS students will now have an equal chance of getting a FJ rec through continuity of training. Indeed it could be argued that UAS students will now get a better chance of the FJ rec as they will have received 30+ hours more than their DE colleagues.
In addition costs have driven the need to reduce the flying done on UASs. We all agree that it would be miuch better to go back to the UAS system of the 80s and 90s but the savings generated under the old sytem (short courses on JP and Tucano) are no longer there. Students are streamed from EFT and all do the same length course on their next stage of training be it DHFS, BFJT or METS.