But SSSETOWTF, the point is that those folk who would have joined the UAS
because they were going to be taught to fly will now think twice about joining... And I'm pretty sure that the vaguely stated
"....fuller range of personal development and leadership training" won't be of much interest to potential recruits either. What does it mean anyway - 3 years of muddy romps with pine poles and wet tents? Hardly has the allure of solo aeros, does it?
30 hours in 3 years.......woeful.
Having learned what URNU do in fast patrol boats, I wouldn't bother with the UAS. Period. I could always learn to fly at a civilian flying club later on in life if the RAF can't afford to teach me at university any longer. But I could never afford to go to sea in a FPB unless I won the lottery - so I'd join URNU instead.
See
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/1967.html