An interesting question was asked in
the House today:
Mr Murphy:
As for the sacking of RAF trainee pilots, the Secretary of State said—quite fairly, I thought—
“It would make common sense to ensure that those closest to the end of their course could be allowed to continue, if possible.”—[Official Report, 15 February 2011; Vol. 523, c. 820.]
How much common sense has prevailed? How many trainee pilots have been sacked within just 10 hours of earning their RAF wings?
Hopefully it will get answered:
Mr Robathan:
.
Finally, the right hon. Gentleman asked about redundancies of RAF pilots who had only had 10 hours of training to go. I am afraid I cannot comment on that, but I shall write to the right hon. Gentleman and let him know the answer.