UAS students may have to wait until the April following graduation (almost a year after completing exams) before commencing IOT. This is to save paying them as Flying Officers in the hold before re-commencing flying training ('bottleneck' at Linton/Valley). No refresher flying will be given, again to save money. So, after 3 years of hard work by QFIs at the UAS, the hope of retaining post-graduates, with serious money already invested, relies on them not being bothered about waiting to pay of their overdraft, student loan etc. Methinks they will mostly decide it is too impractical to wait! 'Penny wise and pounds foolish' again!
