Jackonicko:
I might not have been 100% clear. The change I was referring to was when UAS training assumed the status of EFT. The syllabus had been the same before the changeover, it just didn't count as EFT. After the switch, students who completed the syllabus were streamed at the end and went straight to BFT after IOT. This was, as I recall, in '97 - I can't be 100% sure though.
Edit - BEagle seems to be suggesting the switch was in 1995. I'll go along with that, he would know better.
I don't know when the DE's started pitching up on UAS's, probably after I left in '98. However, the year after the switch one of our ex-stude's came back after IOT to complete the syllabus.
Large Dave:
Was the old system not 90hrs? I certainly did more than 20hrs a year.