But by reducing the UAS/EFT QFI manning requirement, apart from gaining a few QFIs into the front line in the short term, the replacement of those front line QFIs in 2-3 years time will be achieved....how? Because there won't
be any at the UASs....
Or will it be a mess which the universal panacea of MFTS will be expected to resolve
??
As for non-Q FIs at OCUs, I agree with you. Back in the days of shiny 10, they were not allowed to instruct ab-initio pilots during their initial conversion - and that was also the view of a senior CFS bloke I flew just before I left the mob.
Also, the loss of UAS QFI posts means that the chance of a 'rest tour' away from desert camping and all the other joys of overstretch will be somewhat diminished for the front line ME folk. Yet another 'push factor', methinks?