No, sorry.
That explains why it was necessary to have a DE EFT flight on each UAS, and not why Uni undergrads had to participate in that scheme.
Roland,
The saving to which I referred was the improved likelihood of ex-UAS blokes to make it through AFTS and TWU to get into a FJ cockpit. It was always reckoned that the saving in Hawk hours alone more than paid for the entire UAS scheme.
"It was found that UAS trained pilots were more likely to pass through basic and advanced flying training successfully, and to make it to the frontline as productive fast jet aircrew. HQ PTC discovered that a UAS-trained pilot who started Basic Flying Training had a higher chance of getting to a Fast Jet OCU (a 95% chance of success) than a non graduate 'Direct Entry' (DE) pilot with exactly the same aptitude test score. These DE pilots were calculated to have only an 85% chance of passing through Basic Flying Training, with an even slimmer chance of making it to OCU. The lower 'failure rate' of ex-UAS pilots on the Jet Provost and Hawk resulted in a considerable reduction in 'wasted' flying hours (given to pilots who would not become productive RAF pilots) and the cost savings (with Hawk flying conservatively estimated at £8,000 per hour) more than paid for the entire UAS system. Moreover, the 5% of ex-UAS pilots who did not make it to a Fast Jet OCU were significantly more likely to become productive rotary- or multi-engine pilots than DE 'washouts'."
In other words, a UAS trained bloke had a 10% higher chance of getting to a FJ OCU than a DE bloke with exactly the same aptitude test results had of making it through BFTS.
Last edited by Jackonicko; 21st Sep 2005 at 21:43.