Toddy
If you had read the thread all the way through then you would have realised that there is no cost to the RAF, or any other member of the crew. All pilots in flying appointments do an Instrument Rating once per year. On ME types this will cover the full range of approaches required to meet a military and civilian rating.
So Pilot A (who requires a renewal on his military instrument rating) sits in the relevant seat; Pilot B is the military Instrument Rating Examiner and sits in the other seat and observes Pilot A; Pilot C is the CAA IRE and sits on the jump seat and also observes Pilot A. If everything goes to plan, and it should, Pilot A gets a military instrument rating from Pilot B and (on payment of the relevant amount) gets a civilian instrument rating from Pilot C.
No cost to the RAF. No loss of training to anyone else. No story. No issue!!
And I thought it strange that the only post supporting 2 post PAG was by 1 post Typhoon Saloon
