depending on Wing/Region that may all be true
Absolutely, or it may not. But the naysayers usually claim to speak for the entire ACO, no doubt because they grandly assume that their knowledge and status is outstanding. Maybe it once was.
Facts?...........speak to the cadet who has been in 2 and 3/4 years and has just been offered his first chance to fly, an AEF in a Tutor at Cranwell. Only for it to cancelled one day before because of Cranwell 'staff issues'.
I recently spoke to a cadet who has been in just over one year and was on his fourth AEF sortie. That's much more than I got when I was a cadet, therefore I deduce that the amount of flying which the current crop of cadets get has increased significantly in recent years
Despite the fact that, back then, we never had staff issues, let alone poor weather or poor serviceability