Rudekid
I can see where you are coming from
During the late 90's, new fits, additions and improvements to the Nimrod Mr2 fleet were being handled by the Sqn trg teams (STT's), as the OCU only taught core skills
The OCU course length had already been tailored down to barely 6 months, which was very demanding, particularly for the Navs
A policy change was intoduced to take this workload away from the STT's which introduced 3 new core skills into the syllabus
The guidance from the OCU Boss was
"The syllabus is to be reviewed and re-structured to incorporate the new skills - the course will remain at the same length and there will be no additional funding or staffing - however, you should all identify any savings that can be made during the review"
Stealth reduction in Trg, hours and cash!