By transferring control of training to a contracted provider, the Department has less flexibility to increase or decrease training capacity without requiring contract renegotiations and incurring extra costs and time. Such negotiations could cause further delays and increase the risk of a gap in training that results in fewer trained aircrew than needed.
No $hit, Sherlock!
The 'Department' has, at a guess, zero chance of increasing training capacity if it's needed:
- Aircraft? Barely enough as it is.
- Aerodromes? You've closed most of them; reactivation costs would be very expensive indeed.
- QFIs? Where will you find those?
Still, if you will believe the snake-oil salesmen, what else can you expect?