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WSO about to re-open to DE recruitment
Is this correct? Is this mainly for the Tornado fleet, or does it include P-8/ISTAR?
If it's for Tornado:
Recruitment from high street/OASC assessment? Minimum 2-3 months.
IOT - 32 weeks
WSO training? Minimum of say 6-12 months.
Tornado OCU - 6 months
Total time to provide an inexperienced WSO on the front line? 24 months? Start January 2016, earliest output say January 2018.
GR4 OSD 2019?
How does that work?
Then there's the issue of career prospects after 2019, leading to possible difficulties recruiting in the first place!