Originally Posted by airborne_artist
Less than 10% of RN pilots go to the Harrier straight from elementary flying training.........
There was me thinking it was 0%! Last I heard they went to Tucano, then Hawk, then Harrier (after monster holdover)!
Pedantics over, you're right about numbers - about 1 per course go FJ (sometimes more, sometimes none), so about 5-7 each year.
Even with JSF, it's doubtful whether that will increase much, if at all. Crab Air is still the way to go if you want a better chance of flying FJ.