I am on an AEF where we have a holding pilot aged 27 awaiting a Hawk Course.
One of the pilots he did basic with got axed with the 170 pilots and is now a qualified Airbus co pilot at Manchester. I have flown with him so...
Good grief!
27 and still waiting for an AFTS course? I thought I was bad enough; after a year as a Flt Cdt, 4 years at university and stumbling through JP/Gnat/Hunter I was 25 by the time I reached my first OCU....
I do not believe the modern RAF is delivering a career to its people full stop and the future does not bode well.
Sadly, that seems very true. Little opportunity to become a QFI either, with the nonsense of 'MFTS'....
Would I encourage anyone to join the RAF as a pilot? The RAF I joined, certainly. The RAF as it is today - absolutely not.