Jay - but under the old system the AAC pilots were sent out to front-line only having ever flown at Wallop.
The AAC also had no independent validation of their quality since grading/instruction and examination was all in-house. if you wanted to chop someone and the powers that be needed a bum-on-a-seat then more often than not they passed.
Some of the first female AAC pilots only got to front-line because the system was so parochial.
Are there any figures for the 3 services re chop rate at DHFS?