I've long believed that UAS/AEF/VGS should be attached to Service flying and gliding clubs. These could employ full-time/part-time instructors at ~£25ph to teach to solo or fly the air experience profile - the savings could be immense, with full cost of a Grob flying hour being between £200-£400ph (depending on 109 or 115) and a comparable aircraft hired for ~1/3rd of the cost. If the flying is done on a Govt airfield then they still get some military ethos and the airworthiness and the financial risk is shifted away from the Service.
Let's face it, not that many can join the Regulars as a pilot, so why invest so heavily in the expected 50,000 in the Air Cadet Expansion Program and the University Air Sqns? I believe that the Oxford University operate their gliding club at RAF Weston on the Green and the University College of London operate their gliding club at RAF Halton - why can't the UAS attach in a similar way?
The B Word
PS. The recruits at RAF Halton have been given AEFs with the microlight club in the past - see here:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafhalton/news...0E9E613C515004. It kind of shows what could be done with the Senior Leadership Team's backing.