NigG (#137),
Thanks for the PM !
...The VRs and TA in peacetime were (are) part-timers. Inevitably, their level of proficiency would be inferior. The Auxiliaries were also part-time in the pre-war era...
So were the Auxiliaries in the post-war years. But their 20 Squadrons formed one-third of the RAF's fighter strength in the Cold War ('50s) years. (Wiki)
They were reckoned to be as efficient and as well trained as the Regular Squadrons. They flew the same aircraft (Meteor and Vampire), and with one Interception sortie on Saturday afternoons, and two on Sundays, would be not far behind the hours put in by the Regulars. Or so I was told...
They were disbanded in '57, when the Hunters and Swifts were coming it. We couldn't afford to kit them out with Hunters.....(the old, old story).
Danny.