As an FJ QWI (retd) and a PTC QFI (UAS) there's no contest which is the one to be if you're young and want to get job satisfaction in the RAF. As for QTIs, 56 have quite a different idea from the Hawk QTI thing and it is a structured system whereby someone starts as a B2 etc. like the CFS bit. Guys do a proper work-up starting with CFS groundschool and both pilots and navs become QTIs. There is a CFS agent (me at one time) on 56 who runs the thing (not a QFI but a QWI) and awards the ticks. Innsworth regard the A2 QTI as being potentially a squadron training officer but it isn't a cheap replacement for QWIs, nor is it a back door QFI course for the pilots.
