Luckily the Army has never suffered from endemic holding in the way of the RAF and RN. Indeed, the AAC is keeping SHY alive with thoughput at the moment, lets see how long that lasts!
Usually an army stude will be done and dusted with the Sq inside of 18 months max, then onto a CTT/CTR. Even an AH pilot can be produced in 2 1/2 years! ;-)
The Cell phone recovery option is front line as well, sub optimal in the extreme!
Ralph