To me, it was just a glorified Boy's Scout camp and all a bit of a waste of time. Whether it's 16, 16, 24 or 33 weeks, it's still too long. The constant reduction in flying training hours is however, far more serious.
I think there is, however, an underlying presumption that officers should be officers first, and pilots second. Of course, experience shows that's not always the case
And there are, apparently, still other Branches in the Royal Air Force besides pilots ... at least, that was what I was told: it may be a foul rumour, of course.
Oh, how wonderful it must be to emerge from the egg, fully formed and with all the knowledge and skill one would ever require
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