Why not just sub contract out initial training into the civillian sector?
Everybody wins, public money is not wasted in effect of controls etc. being taught in an expensive twin engineed helo, military wins in having only to top up and role train post intial training, public wins as taxpayers money isn't being squandered un-necessarily and civil sector wins by having a further training pool to tap into. As long as training is overseen and policed by a suitable military officer to guarantee quality of delivery, where's the downside?
Mind you Helen Clark and her band of merry idiot's never have gone for the sensible option.
ET