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Old 20th Jun 2015, 22:39
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Courtney Mil
 
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Navs, I use the term deliberately although you may substitute your own nomenclature, are not just things you grow on trees or train using a corner of a squadron when there is time. As Pontius has implied, nav training requires an investment similar to pilot training. This is not something you can suddenly start doing without a great deal of investment, and that includes the appropriate cardre of folk with the experience and training to be instructors.

Why do you think Nav School at Finningley was such a big operation?

It would take a massive commitment to restart Nav Training. I doubt the RAF could do it any more and I'm pretty sure it will never be resourced, no matter how badly we need some new Navs.

It saddens me.
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