Tourist,
I don't actually believe there is a shortage of pilots in our armed forces.
What we have shortage of is clerks and nibby jobs officers.
A tiny percentage of our "aircrew" are actually flying day to day, and those that are fly, on average, ludicrously low hours per month. (stand fast those on ops, themselves a vanishingly small proportion of the total declared aircrew numbers)
Thank you for introducing me to an entirely new experience.....being pleased to see a post from you!
Nail...head...DH!
