The Valley UKMFTS setup is not without its teething problems (the worst of which are firmly a thing of the past) but it is steadily improving and is already leaps ahead of the previous AFT/TW system.
Are you sure about all of that?
As mentioned by BV, many nations are looking with envy at the 4 Sqn setup with its fantastic aircraft, infrastructure, synthetics and staff and I for one feel that what we as a nation have in 4 Sqn UKMFTS is World beating.
I wonder how much detail of the day to day issues and overall productivity of Ascent at Valley might filter through the glossy sales pitch given to other countries, backed up by people on site who might have been briefed to smile and nod. "4 Sqn continues to deliver in accordance with the agreed schedule" might be a good soundbite for the people in charge to consider using, but would only impress people who didn't look too closely (or weren't allowed to). At least 208 aren't there any more to provide a comparison
Pure conjecture, of course
