I think graduates doing JEFTS just slows things down.
You get pilots arriving on the front line an extra year older (due to extra holding and the course itself) and so giving a year less return if they stay to 38/16. How much is that worth x 100? Remember what we're short of?
UAS students also get paid much less than flying officers.
90 hours at a civvy club would cost less than the salary for 6 months....
Personally, I think that UAS's are good value, but I also agree that there is a lot of pressure to fly rather than study. At the harder universities (where I was) 50+ study hours a week was the norm for those that were aiming for 2:1 or better.
Saying that, I think any advice to not join the UAS is wrong.
Now, I'm sure some are thinking, "why have graduates?"
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