WT, you are correct in that Creamies may be back on the cards. The impending QFI shortage at Valley means that not only is a second 'once only reset' on the cards but so are Creamies (oh, and civilian instructors on the Hawk T2!). The problem is that the front-line need all the output that Valley can produce. Recycle some of that output back as Creamies and the front-line go short! With civilianising the training system, there's no quick answer as any changes have to go through a tortuous contractual agreement, as the NAO report highlighted. I fear we are witnessing the slow death of RAF pilot training.