The famous five, jeebus didn't know we were called that.
Yes all there were some teething problems as we are the lab rats alright. Were they serious? Not at all. My uniform trousers took a week or too longer to arrive. Not exactly crucial stuff. The important stuff, groundschool and flying training no complaints at all, very happy altogether. The Bristol materials are really great. Though I have the first batch of folders for them as well as my SA Comm folders which is a rather intimidating amount of paper on my desk but just gotta get on with it.
As regards "negative press" most I read was by people who frankly did not know what they were talking about. People very unhappy with cost of integrated training (who is?) and others who didn't make it through sigmars selection.
There's always a worry being the first of any program but so far it's all good.
Miles